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How to Prevent TD from ending up on a new line?

I am dynamically creating a table through Javascript and I DO want the table to continue off the right side of the page. Doing this manually lets the table continue off, but once I feed this into a for loop the <td>s wrap into a second line in the rendered HTML, creating two or more table rows when they reach the end of the page.
<div id="panelindex" style="overflow:scroll;text-align:center;">
<table border="0">
<tr></tr>
</table>
</div>
This is inside a table of its own (no style formatting). Then the Javascript:
var q = Math.floor((1/numpanels)*500);
if(q>50) q=50;
panelindex.innerHTML = "<table border='0'><tr>"
for(i=0; i<numpanels; i=i+1)
{
panelindex.innerHTML = panelindex.innerHTML + "<td><div id='panel" + i + "' onclick='jumppage(" + i + ")' style='float:left;text-align:center;margin:8px;border-width:3;border-color:white;border-style:none;'><a href='#" + i + "'><img src='thumbnails.php?image=blowem" + zeroFill(i,2) + ".gif&GIF&tw=128&th=128&quality=" + q + "'>\n" +
"<br />" + i + "</a></div></td>\n";
}
panelindex.innerHTML = panelindex.innerHTML + "</tr></table>"
You may notice that there is a <div> in the <td> and that is so I can apply a border marking the panel. Without the <div> it seems I cannot do that, and there are some other undesired effects. Any ideas what I can do so that all the <td>s end up on one line rather than split to a new line?
Example of what I want: http://edwardleuf.org/comics/jwb/009-conmet
What is happening: https://jsfiddle.net/w4uh0a3j/7/
Click the Show link.

innerHTML does not hold the string value you assign to it.
It parses the value as HTML, creates a DOM from it, inserts it into the document and then, when you read it back, it converts that DOM back into HTML.
This means that the string you assign is subject to error recovery and normalisation. In particular, the end tags you omitted are fixed.
panelindex.innerHTML = "<table border='0'><tr>"
console.log(panelindex.innerHTML);
<div id="panelindex" style="overflow:scroll;text-align:center;">
<table border="0"><tr>
</tr></table>
</div>
So when you start appending more data to it:
panelindex.innerHTML = panelindex.innerHTML + "<td>etc etc
You end up with:
<table border="0"><tbody><tr></tr></tbody></table><td>etc etc
Store your data in a regular variable. Only assign it to .innerHTML once you have the complete HTML finished.
A better approach then that would be to forget about trying to build HTML by mashing strings together (which is error prone, especially once you start dealing with characters that need escaping in HTML) and use DOM (createElement, appendChild, etc) instead.

OK,here is fixed html and js code. It seems like innerHTML fixes missing closing when updating html before all the code is building the rest of innerHTML. This code works :
<div id="panelindex" style="overflow:scroll;text-align:center;">
</div>
and js code :
var numpanels = 100;
var q = Math.floor((1/numpanels)*500);
if(q>50) q=50;
panelindex.innerHTML = "<table border='0'><tr>";
var html = "<table border='0'><tr>";
for(i=0; i<numpanels; i=i+1) {
html += "<td><div id='panel" + i + "' onclick='jumppage(" + i + ")' style='float:left;text-align:center;margin:8px;border-width:3;border-color:white;border-style:none;'><a href='#" + i + "'><img src='thumbnails.php?image=blowem" + ".gif&GIF&tw=128&th=128&quality=" + q + "'>\n" +
"<br />" + i + "</a></div></td>";
}
html += "</tr></table>";
document.getElementById("panelindex").innerHTML = html;

Dynamically add array contents as new elements - JQuery

edit: Problem solved! I was modifying the page before it was loaded so the script didn't actually do anything. I fixed it now and it works. Thanks for the help, I'll have to chalk this one up to being new to jQuery and it's weirdness.
Long story short I'm trying to make a webpage that dynamically takes Article titles, thumbnail images, descriptions, and links to them, and creates a nicely formatted list on the page. I'm trying to accomplish this in jQuery and HTML5.
Here is the sample data that I'll be using to dynamically populate the page. For now formatting isn't important as I can do that later after it works at all.
<script>
var newsTitles = ["If It Ain't Broke, Fix It Anyways"];
var newsPics = ["images/thumbnail_small.png"];
var newsDescs = ["August 14th 2015<br/><b>If It Ain't Broke</b><br/>Author: Gill Yurick<br/><br/> Sometimes, a solution isn't the only one. So how do we justify changes to systems that don't need to be fixed or changed? I explore various systems from other successful card games and how their approaches to issues (be they successes or failures in the eyes of the deisgners) can help us create EC."];
var newsLinks = ["it_aint_broke-gill_popson.html"];
var newsIndex = 0;
var newsMax = 1;
The section of code where I'm trying to use the contents of the arrays above to dynamically fill elements.
<td style="height:500px;width:480px;background-color:#FFF7D7;padding:20px" colspan=2 id="article">
<h1>Articles</h1>
<!-- the column for each news peice add an element with the thumbnail, the title and teh desc -->
<script>
for(i = 0; i < newsMax; i++) {
$("#articleList").append("<h3 href="" newsLinks[i] + "">" + newsTitles[i] + "</h3>", "<img src=""newsPics[i] + "">","<p>" + newsDesc[i] + "</p>", ); $("div").append("hello");
}
</script>
<div id="articleList">
HELLO
</div>
</td>
Here is what it ends up looking like, I can post more info if needed as I am aware this may not be clear enough to fully explain my problem but I am unable to determine that. Thank you in advance.

try this
for(i = 0; i < newsMax; i++) {
$("#articleList").append("<h3 href=""+ newsLinks[i] + "">" + newsTitles[i] + "</h3>, <img src=""+newsPics[i] + "">, <p>" + newsDescs[i] + "</p>" ); $("div").append("hello");
}
Concatation issue + typo for newsDescs

The following string is invalid html and is missing a +
"<h3 href="" newsLinks[i] + "">"
You need to use proper quotes for html attributes, not &quote;
Try
"<h3 href='" + newsLinks[i] + "'>"
OR
"<h3 href=\"" + newsLinks[i] + "\">" // `\` used to escape same type quote
Personally I prefer opening/closing html strings with single quotes but either will work
Note tht you should be getting a syntax error thrown in dev tools console which would have helped you locate problems

for(i = 0; i < newsMax; i++) {
$("#articleList").append("<h3 href='" + newsLinks[i] + "'>" + newsTitles[i] + "</h3>");
$("#articleList").append("<img src='" + newsPics[i] + "'>","<p>" + newsDesc[i] + "</p>" );
}

How can I concatenate multiline string in javascript?

There are lots of results for the correct syntax for appending <li>'s, however I am trying to find a solution where +this['name']+ values are included in the <li>'s. firebug is displaying 'SyntaxError: unterminated string literal' and jslint is displaying 'Unclosed string'. I've tried many different variations of the placements of the commas but I haven't been able to get it to work.
$.each(data.result, function() {
$("ul").append("<li>Name: "+this['name']+"</li>
<li>Age: "+this['age']+"</li>
<li>Company: "+this['company']+"</li>
<br />");
});
Thank you.

you can escape end of line with backslash character \, like so:
$.each(data.result, function(){
$("ul").append("<li>Name: " + this['name'] + "</li> \
<li>Age: " + this['age'] + "</li> \
<li>Company: "+this['company']+"</li> \
<br />");
});
This is due to the fact that Javascript automatically insert semi-columns sometime on line end. And in this case, you string weren't close. Another solution is to close each string on each line, and using + to concat them all.
$.each(data.result, function(){
$("ul").append("<li>Name: " + this['name'] + "</li>" +
"<li>Age: " + this['age'] + "</li>" +
"<li>Company: "+this['company']+"</li>" +
"<br />");
});
(Unrelated, but you <br/> aren't allowed inside a <ul> element)

This should be much faster
li = '';
$.each(data.result, function(){
li += "<li>Name: " + this['name'] + "</li>" +
"<li>Age: " + this['age'] + "</li>" +
"<li>Company: "+this['company']+"</li>" +
"<br />"; // could remove this and use css
});
$("ul").append(li);
See http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/javascript-ajax/10-ways-to-instantly-increase-your-jquery-performance/

You actually don't want to concatenate this at all! Consider for a moment what will happen to variable data that contains HTML or HTML-like data. Using your method, it will be parsed as such, possibly breaking things and even opening you up to XSS attack methods.
You're already using jQuery, so the proper way is easy:
$('ul').append(
$('<li/>').text('Name: ' + this.name),
$('<li/>').text('Age: ' + this.age),
// etc.
);
(Note: I believe .append() allows as many parameters as you give it. If not, try using an array of elements as you append.)

jQuery: Paste a var with html content into a tag with .appendTo()

Im trying to paste with html content (the one in the var) and paste it in <fieldset id="previewDataBlock">
Obviously Im doing something wrong:
function createPreviewBlock(){
var emptyBlock = '<ul class=emptyList id=previewBlock>' +
'<li id=periodLi></li>' +
'<li id=companyLi></li>' +
'<li id=industryTypeLi></li>' +
'<li id=idustriaDeEmpresaLi></li>' +
'<li id=jobTypeLi></li>' +
'<li id=actionsLi></li>' +
'</ul>';
emptyBlock.appendTo('fieldset#previewDataBlock');
$('ul#previewBlock').removeClass('emptyList').css('display', 'block');
}
because I'm getting this error:
TypeError: emptyBlock.appendTo is not a function { message="emptyBlock.appendTo is not a function", more...}

Currently it's just a string of HTML (but still a string), you need to make it a jQuery object to use .appendTo(), like this:
$(emptyBlock).appendTo('fieldset#previewDataBlock');
Or just use .append(), like this:
$('fieldset#previewDataBlock').append(emptyBlock);
As an aside, to be a bit safer use quotes on your attributes, for example:
var emptyBlock = '<ul class="emptyList" id="previewBlock">' +
by mixing single and double quotes like this you can still keep it pretty clean.

You need to put emptyblock in a jQuery object.
$(emptyblock).appendTo( /* etc*/ );
Here's a bit friendlier version of your code:
function createPreviewBlock(){
$(['<ul class="emptyList" id="previewBlock">',
'<li id="periodLi"></li>',
'<li id="companyLi"></li>',
'<li id="industryTypeLi"></li>',
'<li id="idustriaDeEmpresaLi"></li>',
'<li id="jobTypeLi"></li>',
'<li id="actionsLi"></li>',
'</ul>'].join(''))
.appendTo('#previewDataBlock');
$('#previewBlock').removeClass('emptyList').css('display', 'block');
}
I use a join instead of concatenation, because IE 6 and 7 suck at garbage collection when concatenating. Also, you can just pass everything right into the jQuery object and avoid the variable. This allows you to use method chaining. Lastly, you'll want to just use ID's in the selectors. It's faster than prepending with an element like that.

Add quote in javascript generated links

How do i fix this link in javascript.
Link
Its missing single quotes around 'Business'
Javascript:
html += "<option value='javascript:clientGalleryLink(" + titleArray[x] + ")'>" + titleArray[x] + "</option>";

use \ to escape the quotes
html += "<option value='javascript:clientGalleryLink(\"" + titleArray[x] + "\")'>" + titleArray[x] + "</option>";

<a href='javascript:clientGalleryLink("Business")'>Link</a>
html += "<option value='javascript:clientGalleryLink(\"" + titleArray[x] + "\")'>" + titleArray[x] + "</option>";
Could you please try this one out.
Thanks.

Try this to escape the attribute quotes and thus giving you the single inner quotes like you show in your example.
html += "<option value=\"javascript:clientGalleryLink('" + titleArray[x] + "')\">" + titleArray[x] + "</option>";

Escaping problems like this is why it's best to avoid creating JavaScript-in-HTML dynamically in strings. The javascript: pseudo-URL scheme should also never be used.
Instead, consider an ‘unobtrusive scripting’ approach: move the data out of an embedded JS string and into normal attributes, such as class or, if the link corresponds to a particular element on the page, the href itself:
<a class="gallerylink" href="#Business">Link</a>
for (var i= document.links.length; i-->0;) {
if (document.links[i].className==='gallerylink') {
document.links[i].onclick= function() {
clientGalleryLink(this.hash.substring(1));
return false;
};
}
}
The second example:
html += "<option value='javascript:clientGalleryLink(" + titleArray[x] + ")'>" + titleArray[x] + "</option>";
is just a mess. Aside from the lack of \' quoting around the titleArray value, and the lack of HTML-escaping or JS-string-literal-escaping on the titleArrays (so if you have '"<& characters in the title you've got problems).
Are you expecting the script to get executed when the option is chosen just because you've put it in the value? It won't.
Better to use the DOM objects than trying to mess around inserting JavaScript inside HTML inside JavaScript inside HTML. For example, if you're looking for a select box that calls clientGalleryLink every time the selected option is changed:
<div id="PlaceWhereYouWantToPutTheSelectBox"></div>
<script type="text/javascript">
var s= document.createElement('select');
for (var i= 0; i<titleArray.length; i++) {
s.options[i]= new Option(titleArray[i], titleArray[i]);
}
s.onchange= function() {
clientGalleryLink(this.options[this.selectedIndex].value);
};
document.getElementById('PlaceWhereYouWantToPutTheSelectBox').appendChild(s);
</script>
No ugly escaping necessary, no cross-site-scripting security holes.

add slashes:
\"" + titleArray[x] + "\"