How to get value of first column in current row in html table using jQuery
html, html-table, jquery
Solution
You could use under each
var name = $(this).parents('tr:first').find('td:first').text();
this goes to the row and then to the first cell of the row. That's more intuitive.
Edit: I changed `'tr'` to `'tr:first'`, but in real this should often not be needed, because nested tables more than often indicate a different problem in the whole design (tables for layout?) which needs to be fixed differently.
Problem
I have the following Delete confirmation code using jquery. The issue is that it assume the location of the name column. I now have name in the first row. Instead of using `.prev('td')`, is there anyway to get the value from the first column in the current row using jQuery? ``` <script type='text/javascript'> $(document).ready(function() { $("a.delete").click(function(e) { e.preventDefault(); var url = $(this).attr("href"); var name = $(this).parent().prev('td').prev('td').text(); jConfirm('Are you sure you want to delete this:' + name, 'Application Delete', function(r) { if (r) { window.location = url; } }); }); }); </script> ```