Using children() would be better than find() but your suggestion would skip every other row.
$('#your_table_id tr').children('td:odd').css('background-color', '#EEE'); Better, again: $('#your_table_id tr').children('td:odd').addClass('SomeClassName'); On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 10:55 AM, Liam Potter <radioactiv...@gmail.com> wrote: > > $('#your_table_id tr:odd').children('td').css('background-color', '#EEE'); > > > > brian wrote: >> >> $('#your_table_id tr').find('td:odd').css('background-color', '#EEE'); >> >> You need to operate on each TR separately or jQuery will count each TD >> without regard for the row it's in. >> >> On Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 10:32 PM, <vivekamar...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> >>> I have table which need to have alternate column highlight and work in >>> IE&Mozilla both usingg jquery >>> >>> Plz say suggestion. >>> > >