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td/th cellIndex Property

td/th Object

Definition and Usage

The cellIndex property returns the position of a cell in the cells collection of a table row.

Syntax

Return the cellIndex property:

tdObject.cellIndex

or

thObject.cellIndex

Tip: There is no default value for the cellIndex property.

Browser Support

The cellIndex property is supported in all major browsers.

Example

Alert cellIndex:

<html>
<head>
<script>
function displayResult(x)
{
alert("Cell index is: " + x.cellIndex);
}
</script>
</head>
<body>

<table border="1">
<tr>
<td onclick="displayResult(this)">Click to show cellIndex</td>
<td onclick="displayResult(this)">Click to show cellIndex</td>
</tr>
</table>

</body>
</html>

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td/th Object