I am trying to emphasize the borders of cells with the class active.
The challenge arises from the fact that the table's border-collapse property is set to collapse, causing the top and left borders of cells (except for the leftmost and top row cells) to be hidden. This results in the active class failing to highlight these borders.
You can view the issue here.
HTML
<div style="padding: 10px">
<table>
<tr>
<td>1.1</td>
<td>1.2</td>
<td>1.3</td>
<td>1.4</td>
<td>1.5</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2.1</td>
<td>2.2</td>
<td class="active">2.3</td>
<td>2.4</td>
<td>2.5</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>3.1</td>
<td>3.2</td>
<td>3.3</td>
<td>3.4</td>
<td>3.5</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>4.1</td>
<td>4.2</td>
<td>4.3</td>
<td>4.4</td>
<td>4.5</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>5.1</td>
<td>5.2</td>
<td>5.3</td>
<td>5.4</td>
<td>5.5</td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
CSS
table {
table-layout: fixed;
border-spacing: 0;
border-collapse: collapse;
}
td {
border: 1px solid lightgrey;
height: 60px;
width: 60px;
text-align: center;
vertical-align: middle;
}
td.active {
border: 1px solid blue;
}
td.brdr-b-hide {
border-bottom: none;
}
td.brdr-r-hide {
border-right: none;
}
Javascript
$('table').on('click', 'td', function(e){
var target = $(e.currentTarget);
if(e.ctrlKey && target.hasClass('active')){
target.removeClass('active');
} else if(e.ctrlKey) {
target.addClass('active');
} else {
$('table td.active').removeClass('active');
target.addClass('active');
}
});
One approach I am considering involves hiding the border-right of the cell preceding the active cell, as well as the border-bottom of the cell above it.
I am not entirely satisfied with this solution, as it relies on applying and removing the active class when a cell is clicked. My proposed solution requires identifying the previous cell and the cell above it in order to apply or remove the appropriate classes.
You can see the suggested solution here.
My question is, are there better methods available to address this issue?