How to hide columns in HTML table?

Question

I have created a table in ASPX. I want to hide one of the columns based on the requirement but there is no attribute like visible in the HTML table building. Ho

Answer 1

You can use the nth-child CSS selector to hide a whole column:

#myTable tr > *:nth-child(2) {
    display: none;
}

This works under assumption that a cell of column N (be it a th or td) is always the Nth child element of its row.

Here's a demo.

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​ If you want the column number to be dynamic, you could do that using querySelectorAll or any framework presenting similar functionality, like jQuery here:

$('#myTable tr > *:nth-child(2)').hide();

Demo with jQuery

(The jQuery solution also works on legacy browsers that don't support nth-child).