Question

Here is my current solution:

<tr onclick="window.location = '/info/{{ match.login.id }}/'">
    <td>{% if match.image %}<img src="{{ match.image|crop:'64x64' }}" alt="Match Avatar" />{% endif %}</td>
    <td>{{ match.team_name }}</td>
    <td>{{ model|distance_to:match }} {{ model.display_distance }}</td>
    <td>{% for expertise in match.expertise_list %}
            <span{% if expertise in model.expertise_list %} class="match"{% endif %}>{{ expertise }}</span><br />
    {% endfor %}</td>
    <td>{% if model|active_connection_with:match %}{{ model|status_with:match }}{% else %}<a href="javascript:connect({{ match.login.id }})" class="button">Connect</a>{% endif %}</td>

But the thing that is wrong with this is that I want to be able to right click and copy link etc. How can i accomplish this?

Answer 1

It’s invalid markup (and doesn’t work on browsers) when you have HTML elements between table elements (tr, td, th).

If your table cells are too complicated to mark up as a link, what you can do is have an invisible <a> element that covers each <td> that you want to link:

<table>
    <tr>
        <td>
            <a href="http://google.com" class="overlay"></a>
            Google
        </td>
        <td>
            <a href="http://yahoo.com" class="overlay"></a>
            Yahoo
        </td>
    </tr>

</table>

td {
    position: relative;
}

.overlay {
    background-color: transparent;
    position: absolute;
    width: 100%;
    height: 100%;

}

Demo: http://jsfiddle.net/waitinforatrain/puTbj/1/

The only downside is that users can’t select the text under it.