Cannot get jQuery Resizable API to work on html table

**jason_kelly** · 07-24-2013, 01:27 PM

Hello,

I need the help of an expert here on this forum:

Idon't get what is wrong here. I can't seem to get the handle 'e' or anything for that matter to show up to resize my table headers.

I am guessing that the jQuery resizable is not compatible with my table because of the css? that can't be right. What am I missing here?

Here is my html code:

Code:

<!DOCTYPE html>

<html>

<head>
<script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.10.2/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.10.3/jquery-ui.min.js"></script>

<style type="text/css">
#data_container {
        height: 175px;
        position: relative;

        border: 1px solid #808080;

        scrollbar-base-color: #DFDFDF;
        scrollbar-arrow-color: #235A81;
        overflow-y: scroll;
        overflow-x: scroll;
        margin-top: 5px;

}

#data {
        color: rgb(11,63,113);
        font-family: Arial;
        font-size: 9pt;
        border: 0px;
        width: 100%;
        table-layout: fixed;
}

#data th, #data td {
        border-bottom: 1px solid #808080;
        border-right: 1px solid #808080;
        padding: 3px;
        width: 150px;
}

#data th {
        filter:progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr="#ffffff", endColorstr="#cdcdcd");
        height: 18px;
        border-bottom: 1px solid #808080;
        border-top: 0px;
}
#data thead tr {
        top: expression(this.offsetParent.scrollTop);
        position: relative;
}
#data tr.normal td {
    color: #235A81;
    background-color: white;
}
#data tr.highlighted td {
    color: #FFFFFF;
    background-color: #235A81;
}
</style>



</head>

<body>
<div id="data_container">
<table id="data" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
                    <thead>
                          <tr>
                                <th>HEADER 1</th>
                                <th>HEADER 2</th>
                                <th>HEADER 3</th>
                                <th>HEADER 4</th>
                                <th>HEADER 5</th>
                                <th>HEADER 6</th>
                                <th>HEADER 7</th>
                                <th>HEADER 8</th>
                          <tr>
                    </thead>
                    <tbody>
                          <tr>
                                <td>content 1</td>
                                <td>content </td>
                                <td>content </td>
                                <td>content </td>
                                <td>content </td>
                                <td>content </td>
                                <td>content </td>
                                <td>content </td>
                          <tr>
                          <tr>
                                <td>content 2</td>
                                <td>content </td>
                                <td>content </td>
                                <td>content </td>
                                <td>content </td>
                                <td>content </td>
                                <td>content </td>
                                <td>content </td>
                          <tr>
                          <tr>
                                <td>content 3</td>
                                <td>content </td>
                                <td>content </td>
                                <td>content </td>
                                <td>content </td>
                                <td>content </td>
                                <td>content </td>
                                <td>content </td>
                          <tr>
                          <tr>
                                <td>content 4</td>
                                <td>content </td>
                                <td>content </td>
                                <td>content </td>
                                <td>content </td>
                                <td>content </td>
                                <td>content </td>
                                <td>content </td>
                          <tr>
                          <tr>
                                <td>content 5</td>
                                <td>content </td>
                                <td>content </td>
                                <td>content </td>
                                <td>content </td>
                                <td>content </td>
                                <td>content </td>
                                <td>content </td>
                          <tr>
                          <tr>
                                <td>content 6</td>
                                <td>content </td>
                                <td>content </td>
                                <td>content </td>
                                <td>content </td>
                                <td>content </td>
                                <td>content </td>
                                <td>content </td>
                          <tr>
                          <tr>
                                <td>content 7</td>
                                <td>content </td>
                                <td>content </td>
                                <td>content </td>
                                <td>content </td>
                                <td>content </td>
                                <td>content </td>
                                <td>content </td>
                          <tr>
                          <tr>
                                <td>content 8</td>
                                <td>content </td>
                                <td>content </td>
                                <td>content </td>
                                <td>content </td>
                                <td>content </td>
                                <td>content </td>
                                <td>content </td>
                          <tr>
                          <tr>
                                <td>content 9</td>
                                <td>content </td>
                                <td>content </td>
                                <td>content </td>
                                <td>content </td>
                                <td>content </td>
                                <td>content </td>
                                <td>content </td>
                          <tr>
                          <tr>
                                <td>content 10</td>
                                <td>content </td>
                                <td>content </td>
                                <td>content </td>
                                <td>content </td>
                                <td>content </td>
                                <td>content </td>
                                <td>content </td>
                          <tr>
                          <tr>
                                <td>content 11</td>
                                <td>content </td>
                                <td>content </td>
                                <td>content </td>
                                <td>content </td>
                                <td>content </td>
                                <td>content </td>
                                <td>content </td>
                          <tr>
                          <tr>
                                <td>content 12</td>
                                <td>content </td>
                                <td>content </td>
                                <td>content </td>
                                <td>content </td>
                                <td>content </td>
                                <td>content </td>
                                <td>content </td>
                          <tr>
                          <tr>
                                <td>content 13</td>
                                <td>content </td>
                                <td>content </td>
                                <td>content </td>
                                <td>content </td>
                                <td>content </td>
                                <td>content </td>
                                <td>content </td>
                          <tr>
                          <tr>
                                <td>content 14</td>
                                <td>content </td>
                                <td>content </td>
                                <td>content </td>
                                <td>content </td>
                                <td>content </td>
                                <td>content </td>
                                <td>content </td>
                          <tr>
                          <tr>
                                <td>content 15</td>
                                <td>content </td>
                                <td>content </td>
                                <td>content </td>
                                <td>content </td>
                                <td>content </td>
                                <td>content </td>
                                <td>content </td>
                          <tr>
                    </tbody>
                </table>
                  <script>
  $(function() {
    $( "#data tr th" ).resizable({
      handles: 'e'
    });  
  });
  </script>
    </div>
</body>

</html>

**Beverleyh** · 07-24-2013, 02:16 PM

I am not familiar with jQuery Resizable - can you post a link to it and your live page please.

I am guessing that the jQuery resizable is not compatible with my table because of the css?

Have you tried taking out all CSS to see if that makes a difference?

Or what about trying without the 'tr th';

Code:

  $(function() {
    $( "#data" ).resizable({
      handles: 'e'
    });  
  });

Does that do anything or hint at an anticipated behaviour? Or, take our the handles setting - I'm assuming that there is a default script value that its overriding, so omit it for now and let the script set the defaults while you test.

If a demo is provided on the source website, try downloading that so you have something that you *know* works, and then add in extra settings/helpers one at a time until it's behaving as expect. Once you get that far, add back chunks of CSS and logical blocks of markup until you've recreated your page - keep testing between additions and then if something is messing with the scripts, you can pinpoint it more easily.