jQuery: Create a Zebra Stripes table effect

Last update on July 22 2025 12:39:24 (UTC/GMT +8 hours)

jQuery Practical exercise Part - I : Exercise-7

Create a Zebra Stripes table effect.

Sample solution :

HTML Code :

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<script src="//code.jquery.com/jquery-1.11.1.min.js"></script>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <title>Create a Zebra Stripes table effect</title>
</head>
<body>
<div class="table_style">
<table>
	<tr>
		<th>Student Name</th>
		<th>Marks in Science</th>
	</tr>
	<tr>
		<td>Janet</td>
		<td>85.00</td>
	</tr>
	<tr>
		<td>David</td>
		<td>92.00</td>
	</tr>
	<tr>
		<td>Arthur</td>
		<td>79.00</td>
	</tr>
	<tr>
		<td>Bill</td>
		<td>82.00</td>
	</tr>
</table>
</div>
</body>
</html>

CSS Code:

.table_style {
	width: 500px;
	margin: 0px auto;
	}
	table{
	width: 100%;
	border-collapse: collapse;
	}
	table tr td{
	width: 50%;
	border: 1px solid #ff751a;
	padding: 5px;
	}
	table tr th{
	border: 1px solid #79ff4d;
	padding: 5px;
	}
	.zebra{
	background-color:  #ff0066;
	}
	</style>

JavaScript Code :

$(document).ready(function(){
	$("tr:odd").addClass("zebra");
});

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