HTMLTableElement: insertRow() method

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.

The insertRow() method of the HTMLTableElement interface inserts a new row () in a given

, and returns a reference to the new row.

If a table has multiple

elements, by default, the new row is inserted into the last . To insert the row into a specific section, use HTMLTableSectionElement.insertRow()

Note: insertRow() inserts the row directly into the table. The row does not need to be appended separately as would be the case if Document.createElement() had been used to create the new

element.

Syntax

insertRow()
insertRow(index)

HTMLTableElement is a reference to an HTML

element.

Parameters

index Optional: The row index of the new row. If index is -1 or equal to the number of rows, the row is appended as the last row. If index is omitted it defaults to -1.

Return value

An HTMLTableRowElement that references the new row.

Exceptions

IndexSizeError DOMException: Thrown if index is greater than the number of rows.

Examples

This example uses insertRow(-1) to append a new row to a table.

We then use HTMLTableRowElement.insertCell() to insert a new cell in the new row. (To be valid HTML, a

must have at least one

element.) Finally, we add some text to the cell using Document.createTextNode() and Node.appendChild().

HTML

html


  
    Row 1
  
  
    Row 2
  
  
    Row 3

JavaScript

function addRow(tableID) {
  // Get a reference to the table
  let tableRef = document.getElementById(tableID);

  // Insert a row at the end of the table
  let newRow = tableRef.insertRow(-1);

  // Insert a cell in the row at index 0
  let newCell = newRow.insertCell(0);

  // Append a text node to the cell
  let newText = document.createTextNode("New bottom row");
  newCell.appendChild(newText);
}

// Call addRow() with the table's ID
addRow("my-table");

Result

Specifications

Specification
HTML # dom-table-insertrow-dev