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0 pointszkmon4mo ago0 comments

Just a catchy title. Not abandoned etc. This is the only API available to manipulate HTML table tags.

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Most people use declarative frameworks to build tables, and you could just use `innerHTML` or `append` or any other imperative DOM API to work with tables.

moritzwarhier4mo ago

Declarative frameworks build on the imperative DOM API.

simonw4mo ago

They don't use .insertRow() and .insertCell(). Try searching the React codebase for those.

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jazzypants4mo ago

And, not a single one of the declarative frameworks use the HTMLTableElement API!

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moritzwarhier4mo ago

appendChild, replaceChildren, etc work fine with tables?

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jazzypants4mo ago

Most people use declarative frameworks to build tables, and you could just use `innerHTML` or `append` or any other imperative DOM API to work with tables.

moritzwarhier4mo ago

Declarative frameworks build on the imperative DOM API.

simonw4mo ago

They don't use .insertRow() and .insertCell(). Try searching the React codebase for those.

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jazzypants4mo ago

And, not a single one of the declarative frameworks use the HTMLTableElement API!

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moritzwarhier4mo ago

appendChild, replaceChildren, etc work fine with tables?

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse