Title: wordpress wp_list_table child rows
Last modified: August 1, 2018

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# wordpress wp_list_table child rows

 *  [benjaminpeere](https://wordpress.org/support/users/benjaminpeere/)
 * (@benjaminpeere)
 * [7 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-wp_list_table-child-rows/)
 * Hello everyone,
 * I am Learning wordpress and I am creating a plugin that allows me to create some
   categories and to create some sub categories to link to the catgeories.
    At the
   moment, I am using wp_list_table to get the data from the database into a table.
   I have a page that shows me the Categories, and an action for each rows that 
   redirect me to another page that shows me another table with the sub-categories
   link to the main Category. What I would like to do is to have only one table 
   with all my categories and a button on each row that shows child rows with the
   sub-categories. I haven’t found any way to do it with wp_list_table, do you have
   an idea of what I can do, or if I have to implement my own solution. Thank you
   for your help!
    -  This topic was modified 7 years, 10 months ago by [benjaminpeere](https://wordpress.org/support/users/benjaminpeere/).

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 *  Moderator [bcworkz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bcworkz/)
 * (@bcworkz)
 * [7 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-wp_list_table-child-rows/#post-10549037)
 * I think you would be looking at developing a jQuery app to do this. WP already
   prefixes sub categories with an mdash character. You can use this fact in jQuery
   to hide such rows with CSS. This button in the parent row would trigger another
   script to remove the hiding CSS only for the rows with mdashes directly below
   the row with the clicked button.
 * There will need to be some element walking to get from the element with the mdash
   up to the element which needs the hiding CSS. Your jQuery could end up being 
   a bit involved. You would still need similar script if you rolled your own list
   table, though it would be simpler because your table could anticipate the need
   in its construction instead of having to rely upon mdash characters.
 * But replicating all the other list table stuff also gets involved. I think it’s
   only worth rolling your own table if what’s required is much simpler than a WP
   list table.

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