Question

Given some click event for a table row:

$("tr.somerow").click(function(){
    //do some stuff
    //can I determine the TD under the cursor at the time of clicking?
})

Can I determine which TD (or any child elements) was under the cursor at the time of clicking?

Answer 1

$("tr.somerow").click(function(e){
  var target = $(e.target); // sets to the td or the element that was clicked
  //do some stuff
})

To find the clicked <td> regardless of any child elements, use var target = $(e.target).closest("td"); instead.