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teggy
teggy

Reputation: 6315

Show element next to table row on hover

What I'm trying to implement is when someone hovers over a table row, I want to show up-and-down arrows on the left side of the table (outside of the table). What is the best way to implement this using html/css or jquery?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 7489

Answers (2)

insertusernamehere
insertusernamehere

Reputation: 23580

You can do it without any JavaScript - with just plain HTML like this:

CSS

table {
    margin:     100px;
}

td {
    position:   relative;
}

span.arrow {
    display:    none;
    width:      20px;
    height:     20px;
    position:   absolute;
    left:       -20px;
    border:     1px solid red;
}

tr:hover span.arrow {
    display:    block;
}

HTML

<table>
    <tr>
        <td>
            <span class="arrow"></span>
            Some content
        </td>
        <td>Some content</td>
    </tr>
</table>

This is just the basic idea. Keep in mind, that the arrow must have a "connection" with the table row, otherwise they will hide again, when you move towards them (because than you would leave the :hover of the <tr> - that's why the width and the amount of left are the same in the example).

DEMO

jsFiddle

NOTE

I only tested this in Safari. For all other browsers simply move position: relative; from <tr> to <table>:

table {
    margin:100px;
    position: relative;
}

Upvotes: 15

CoderMarkus
CoderMarkus

Reputation: 1118

Use toggleClass (http://api.jquery.com/toggleClass/) with jquery

HTML 

<table>
    <tr>
        <td>cell 1</td>
        <td>cell 2</td>
        <td class="arrows">
            <div class="hide">up down</div>
        </td>
    </tr>
</table>

JS

$('.arrows').hover(function () {
    $(this).find('div').toggleClass('hide');
});

hide class could simply be display:none;. You could also use absolute positioning to move them outside the table if you want.

Upvotes: 1

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