Title: User selected table data Last modified: August 22, 2016 --- # User selected table data * Resolved [torzmanian dev](https://wordpress.org/support/users/torzmanian-dev/) * (@torzmanian-dev) * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/user-selected-table-data/) * Hello, * First off thanks so much for creating the plugin! It’s very helpful to someone like myself who knows almost nothing about CSS editing.. However, I have a question was hoping you could help me with.. I took a look at existing posts but unfortunately nothing popped up on this. * Basically, I am wondering if there is anyway to pass data (or toggle between a set of cell values) based on what a user selects from a drop down menu. * There will be a drop-down menu with, for example, a list of cars; Toyota Saab Buick * Meanwhile, the table will have 4 rows corresponding to specs of the car. For example: Top speed Price Fuel efficiency Lease price * I have pre-generated data for the 4 specs for each one of the 3 cars (so 3 [4 ×1] matrices). What I want to do is populate the table with one of those matrices based on which car the user selects. * Is there any way to do this? * Thanks so much in advance for your help!! * Best, Torz * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/tablepress/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tablepress/) Viewing 9 replies - 1 through 9 (of 9 total) * Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/) * (@tobiasbg) * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/user-selected-table-data/#post-5639590) * Hi, * thanks for your post, and sorry for the trouble. * I’m not really sure if I understand correctly, but if you put “Top speed”, “Price”,“ Fuel efficiency”, and “Lease price” in the columns (2 to 5), and the car makes in the first column, you’d have a 4×5 table, for which you could use this TablePress Extension to get that dropdown: [http://tablepress.org/extensions/datatables-columnfilterwidgets/](http://tablepress.org/extensions/datatables-columnfilterwidgets/) * Regards, Tobias * Thread Starter [torzmanian dev](https://wordpress.org/support/users/torzmanian-dev/) * (@torzmanian-dev) * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/user-selected-table-data/#post-5639605) * Hi, * Thanks so much for the speedy reply. Sorry maybe my description was a little confusing. Basically, what I want to do is have a fixed table on the page. This table would have a dropdown menu above it with a bunch of selections. Based on which selection the user made, different data would populate the table — by this I mean entirely separate discrete sets of data would populate and fill all 4 rows. In other words the user would essentially toggle between entirely tables but of the same dimensions and in place. * By the looks of it the above extension seems to allows one to filter and manipulate the existing data within a table. * So was wondering if there is another extension or way to accomplish this… * I hope that creates clarity and not more confusion:) * Thank you again for your help! * Best, Torz * Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/) * (@tobiasbg) * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/user-selected-table-data/#post-5639608) * Hi, * ah, thanks for the explanation. Now I understand. * Unfortunately, I’m not aware of a directly usable solution for that. Your best bet probbaly is to create all those different tables and then use some custom HTML and JavaScript to show/hide the one that was selected in the dropdown. * Regards, Tobias * Thread Starter [torzmanian dev](https://wordpress.org/support/users/torzmanian-dev/) * (@torzmanian-dev) * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/user-selected-table-data/#post-5639612) * Ahh ok I see – I was afraid that might be the case:) I will look into that… just to confirm, I would still be able to use the tables generated with TablePress with that custom HTML and JavaScript is that right..? * Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/) * (@tobiasbg) * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/user-selected-table-data/#post-5639613) * Hi, * yes, you would generate those small tables in TablePress. * Regards, Tobias * Thread Starter [torzmanian dev](https://wordpress.org/support/users/torzmanian-dev/) * (@torzmanian-dev) * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/user-selected-table-data/#post-5639615) * Got it! * Thank you so much for your help!! * Best, Torz * Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/) * (@tobiasbg) * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/user-selected-table-data/#post-5639616) * Hi, * no problem, you are very welcome! 🙂 Good to hear that this helped! * Best wishes, Tobias * P.S.: In case you haven’t, please [rate TablePress](https://wordpress.org/support/view/plugin-reviews/tablepress) here in the plugin directory. Thanks! * Thread Starter [torzmanian dev](https://wordpress.org/support/users/torzmanian-dev/) * (@torzmanian-dev) * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/user-selected-table-data/#post-5639619) * Ok great — just rated. * Thanks again! * Best, Torz * Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/) * (@tobiasbg) * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/user-selected-table-data/#post-5639637) * Hi, * thanks, I really appreciate it! * Best wishes, Tobias Viewing 9 replies - 1 through 9 (of 9 total) The topic ‘User selected table data’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://ps.w.org/tablepress/assets/icon.svg?rev=3192944) * [TablePress - Tables in WordPress made easy](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tablepress/) * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tablepress/#faq) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/tablepress/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/tablepress/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/tablepress/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/tablepress/reviews/) * 9 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/) * Last activity: [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/user-selected-table-data/#post-5639637) * Status: resolved