JavaScript - Dynamically Append Data In HTML Table

Submitted by razormist on Sunday, November 24, 2019 - 18:55.
In this tutorial we will create a Dynamically Append Data In HTML Table using JavaScript. This code will dynamically append a new data in table when the user click the add data button. The code use onclick() function in order to call a method that can append a form inputs by using innerHTML to append a variable in order to display in the table. You can apply this script to your code to make your transaction faster, it is a user-friendly program feel free to modify it. We will use JavaScript to add some new feature to the website interface by actually written into an HTML page. It is what gives your page a different interactive elements and animation that engage a user.

Getting Started:

This is the link for the bootstrap that i used for the layout design https://getbootstrap.com/.

The Main Interface

This code contains the interface of the application. To create this just write these block of code inside the text editor and save this as index.html. 
  1. <!DOCTYPE hmtl>
  2. <html lang="en">
  3. 	<head>
  4. 		<meta charset="UTF-8" name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"/>
  5. 		<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="css/bootstrap.css" />
  6. 	</head>
  7. <body>
  8. 	<nav class="navbar navbar-default">
  9. 		<div class="container-fluid">
  10. 			<a class="navbar-brand" href="https://sourcecodester.com">Sourcecodester</a>
  11. </a>		</div>
  12. 	</nav>
  13. 	<div class="col-md-3"></div>
  14. 	<div class="col-md-6 well">
  15. 		<h3 class="text-primary">JavaScript - Dynamically Append Data In HTML Table</h3>
  16. 		<hr style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"/>
  17. 		<div class="col-md-4">
  18. 			<form>
  19. 				<div class="form-group">
  20. 					<label>Firstname</label>
  21. 					<input type="text" id="firstname" class="form-control" />
  22. 				</div>
  23. 				<div class="form-group">
  24. 					<label>Lastname</label>
  25. 					<input type="text" id="lastname" class="form-control" />
  26. 				</div>
  27. 				<div class="form-group">
  28. 					<label>Address</label>
  29. 					<input type="text" id="address" class="form-control" />
  30. 				</div>
  31. 				<center><button type="button" class="btn btn-primary" onclick="addData();">Add Data</button></center>
  32. 			</form>
  33. 		</div>
  34. 		<div class="col-md-8">
  35. 			<table class="table table-bordered">
  36. 				<thead class="alert-info">
  37. 					<tr>
  38. 						<th>Firstname</th>
  39. 						<th>Lastname</th>
  40. 						<th>Address</th>
  41. 					</tr>
  42. 				</thead>
  43. 				<tbody id="result"></tbody>
  44. 			</table>
  45. 		</div>
  46. 	</div>
  47. <script src="js/script.js"></script>	
  48. </body>	
  49. </html>

Creating the Script

This code contains the script of the application. This code will append new data when the button is clicked. To do this just copy and write these block of codes as shown below inside the text editor and save it as script.js inside the js directory 
  1. function addData(){
  2. 	var firstname=document.getElementById('firstname').value;
  3. 	var lastname=document.getElementById('lastname').value;
  4. 	var address=document.getElementById('address').value;
  5.  
  6. 	if(firstname =="" || lastname =="" || address==""){
  7. 		alert("Please enter something first!");
  8. 	}else{
  9. 		var html="";
  10.  
  11. 		html="<tr><td>"+firstname+"</td><td>"+lastname+"</td><td>"+address+"</td></tr>";
  12.  
  13. 		document.getElementById('result').innerHTML+=html;
  14.  
  15. 		document.getElementById('firstname').value="";
  16. 		document.getElementById('lastname').value="";
  17. 		document.getElementById('address').value="";
  18. 	}
  19.  
  20. }
There you have it we successfully created a Dynamically Append Data In HTML Table using JavaScript. I hope that this simple tutorial help you to what you are looking for. For more updates and tutorials just kindly visit this site. Enjoy Coding!

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