Adjusting HTML Table Cell Width using jQuery

Question

I have HTML table as shown below. It has seven columns. I am adjusting the table cell width using jQuery. The total percentage is 100 in the jQuery. However, the table is not taking the complete space; there is some unused space. How to correct this?

http://jsfiddle.net/Lijo/eFS5J/3/

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 $(document).ready(function () {


        $('#gridDiv').css('width', '630px');


        //Set width of table cells
        var numberOfColumns = 7;
        $('.resultGridTable th, .resultGridTable td').each(function (i) {


            $(this).css('background-color', (['Purple', 'Orange', 'Purple', 'Orange', 'Purple', 'Orange', 'Purple'][i % 7]));

            if (i % numberOfColumns == 0) {
                $(this).css('width', '15%');
            }

            if (i % numberOfColumns == 1) {
                $(this).css('width', '15%');
            }

            if (i % numberOfColumns == 2) {
                $(this).css('width', '15%');
            }

            if (i % numberOfColumns == 3) {
                $(this).css('width', '15%');
            }
            if (i % numberOfColumns == 4) {
                $(this).css('width', '10%');
            }
            if (i % numberOfColumns == 5) {
                $(this).css('width', '15%');
            }

            if (i % numberOfColumns == 6) {
                $(this).css('width', '15%');
            }


        }
 );


    }
);

is there a reason why you want to do that in jquery and not css? — Andy, Jun 12 '12 at 09:33
The problem is probably because the table itself has to be width:100% — Andy, Jun 12 '12 at 09:34

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 12 '12 at 09:33

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Add the following attribute to your table element.

width="100%"

answered Jun 12 '12 at 09:33

Shawn Ang

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 12 '12 at 09:38

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Here you go:

<table class="resultGridTable" cellspacing="0" id="detailContentPlaceholder_grdTaxAssociates" style="border-collapse: collapse; width:100%;">

answered Jun 12 '12 at 09:38

TRR

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 12 '12 at 09:50

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Only set width as 100% by using inline css in below place

<table class="resultGridTable" cellspacing="0" id="detailContentPlaceholder_grdTaxAssociates"
                    style="border-collapse: collapse;width:100%;">

See demo here

answered Jun 12 '12 at 09:50

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