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Learn more about Labs CSS for hiding multiple columns in a table Ask Question Asked 11 years ago Modified 7 years, 4 months ago Viewed 85k times 24

I have a table similar to the one illustrated below in a SharePoint site. I cannot modify the table as it is generated dynamically but I can add external CSS to override its style. I am required to show only second column and hide first, third and fourth column.

The pseudo class to hide first column is

table#student tr td:first-child { display: none; }

Please help me with pseudo class or any other trick to hide third and forth column.

<table id="student"> <tr> <td>Role</td> <td>Merin</td> <td>Nakarmi</td> <td>30</td> <tr> <td>Role</td> <td>Tchelen</td> <td>Lilian</td> <td>22</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Role</td> <td>Suraj</td> <td>Shrestha</td> <td>31</td> </tr> </table>

• html
• css
• html-table
• hide
• pseudo-class

Share Improve this question Follow edited Jul 27, 2017 at 12:02 Brian Tompsett - 汤莱恩 5,8757272 gold badges6060 silver badges133133 bronze badges asked Nov 20, 2013 at 8:26 Merin NakarmiMerin Nakarmi 3,41833 gold badges3737 silver badges4343 bronze badges Add a comment |

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CSS3:

table#student td { display: none; } table#student td:nth-child(2) { display: block; }

Use nth-child selector to un-hide the 2nd <td> of every row, effectively showing the 2nd column.

Share Improve this answer Follow edited Nov 15, 2015 at 13:51 Shimmy Weitzhandler 104k126126 gold badges434434 silver badges639639 bronze badges answered Nov 20, 2013 at 8:32 AlienHobokenAlienHoboken 2,7902121 silver badges2323 bronze badges 3

• 4 These days, display: table-cell; is more appropriate. – Fabien Haddadi Commented Feb 22, 2018 at 4:57
• 2 Unfortunately this breaks tables using colspan. – Dai Commented May 26, 2020 at 8:56
• 1 @Dai I had exactly this problem and a solution which the space here is too narrow to contain. – theking2 Commented Oct 3, 2021 at 15:06

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You can use the CSS3 :nth-child() selector

td:nth-child(3), td:nth-child(4) { display: none }

jsfiddle here

Share Improve this answer Follow edited Nov 20, 2013 at 8:43 answered Nov 20, 2013 at 8:35 Aurélien GasserAurélien Gasser 3,09011 gold badge2121 silver badges2525 bronze badges Add a comment | 3

I'm surprised no one mentioned the general sibling selector. (More info here) If you only need to show second column, I'd apply a display: none; style to the first cell and all cells after the second one.

table#student td:first-child, table#student td:nth-child(2) ~ td { display: none; } <table id="student"> <tr> <td>Role</td> <td>Merin</td> <td>Nakarmi</td> <td>30</td> <tr> <td>Role</td> <td>Tchelen</td> <td>Lilian</td> <td>22</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Role</td> <td>Suraj</td> <td>Shrestha</td> <td>31</td> </tr> </table>

If you need to support IE7 and IE8 for some reason, you could replace the :nth-child() selector with the adjacent sibling selector:

table#student td:first-child, table#student td + td ~ td { display: none; } Share Improve this answer Follow answered Dec 4, 2015 at 22:09 stealththeninjastealththeninja 3,79022 gold badges2929 silver badges4444 bronze badges Add a comment | 0

Here you go.

The CSS:

table#student tr td:first-child, table#student tr td:nth-child(3), table#student tr td:nth-child(4) { display: none; }

WORKING DEMO

Share Improve this answer Follow answered Nov 20, 2013 at 8:38 NiteshNitesh 15.7k44 gold badges5050 silver badges6060 bronze badges Add a comment | -3

.hideFullColumn tr > .hidecol { display:none; }

You can use .hideFullColumn in the table and use .hidecol in the tag which you want to hide. You don't need to worry about td as those will automatically be hidden.

Pseudo class is fine but if you have 50 columns and have to hide 20, then you'd have to repeat the "td:nth-child(1),td:nth-child(2),...." 20 times by keeping the index in mind. But in this case you can add the .hidecol class on creating th, so you don't need to revise index.

You can try this and please let me know if it works.

Share Improve this answer Follow edited May 8, 2015 at 9:18 SuperBiasedMan 9,9491010 gold badges5050 silver badges7575 bronze badges answered May 8, 2015 at 8:40 souvik settsouvik sett 8311 silver badge66 bronze badges 1

• don't use it as it only hides th. – souvik sett Commented May 8, 2015 at 9:01

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