JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
HTML
<table>
<tr><td>Good</td><td>Table</td></tr>
</table>
<br><br>
<table>
<tr><td>Bad</td><td>Table</td></tr>
</table>
CSS
table {
width: 200px;
}
td {
border: 1px solid;
background: #bada55;
}
JavaScript
var tr = '<tr></tr>',
td = '<td>new row</td>',
tdCol = '<td colspan="2">new row</td>';
$(tr).append(td).appendTo('table:first');
$(tr).hide().append(tdCol).appendTo('table:eq(1)').show();