jQuery Mobile Column-Toggle Table refresh() Method

Last Updated : 23 Jul, 2025

jQuery Mobile is an HTML5 based user interface system designed to make responsive websites and apps that are accessible on all smartphone, tablet, and desktop devices.

The Column-Toggle table widget allows to hide/show less important columns with the help of a Column button with checkboxes.

In this article, we are going to learn the jQuery Mobile Column-Toggle Table refresh() Method. This method is used to updates the labels in the cells.

Syntax:

$( ".selector" ).table-columntoggle( "refresh" );

Parameters: This method does not accept any argument.

Return type: This method refresh the widget.

CDN Link: Below are some jQuery Mobile scripts that will be needed for your project so add these to your project.

<link rel=”stylesheet” href=”https://code.jquery.com/mobile/1.4.5/jquery.mobile-1.4.5.min.css%E2%80%9D />
<script src=”https://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.11.1.min.js%E2%80%9D></script>
<script src=”https://code.jquery.com/mobile/1.4.5/jquery.mobile-1.4.5.min.js%E2%80%9D></script>

Example: This example describes the uses of the jQuery Mobile Column-Toggle Table refresh() Method.

HTML

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <meta name="viewport"
        content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
    <link rel="stylesheet"
          href=
"//code.jquery.com/mobile/1.5.0-alpha.1/jquery.mobile-1.5.0-alpha.1.min.css">
    <script src=
"//code.jquery.com/jquery-3.2.1.min.js">
    </script>
    <script src=
"//code.jquery.com/mobile/1.5.0-alpha.1/jquery.mobile-1.5.0-alpha.1.min.js">
    </script>
</head>

<body>
    <center>
        <div data-role="page">
        <h1 style="color:green;">
            GeeksforGeeks
        </h1>
        <h3>jQuery Mobile Column-Toggle Table refresh Method</h3>
        <div id="log"></div>
        <div data-role="header">
        </div>
        <div role="main">
            <table data-role="table"
                id="GFG"
                data-mode="columntoggle">
                <thead>
                    <tr>
                        <th data-priority="1">
                          Company Name
                        </th>
                        <th data-priority="persist">
                          Website
                        </th>
                        <th data-priority="2">
                          Year
                        </th>
                    </tr>
                </thead>
                <tbody>
                    <tr>
                        <th>GeeksforGeeks</th>
                        <td><a href="https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/"
                            data-rel="external">
                          WWW.GeeksforGeeks.org
                          </a>
                        </td>
                        <td>2010</td>
                    </tr>
                </tbody>
            </table>
            <input type="button" 
                   id="btn"
                   style="width:250px;" 
                   value="Refresh">
        </div>
        </div>
    </center>
    <script>
        $(document).ready(function () {
            $("#btn").on('click', function () {
                $("#log").html('Column-Toggle Table widget has been Refresh.');
                $("#GFG").table-columntoggle("refresh");
            });
        });
    </script>
</body>

</html>