Question

I am trying to click a table row and perform an action. However if they click the first <td> cell I do not want that to perform the action.

Here is the code I have so far:

jQuery('#dyntable tbody tr').live('click', function () {
        nTr = jQuery(this)[0];

        openMessage(oTable, nTr);
    });

This works as intended, except the first <td> has a check box, so if they click in that cell I do not want to call the openMessage(oTable, nTr); function.

I also still need nTr to = the contents of the row.

Answer 1

Use target of click within row, and check the index of TD

Simplified DEMO: http://jsfiddle.net/WLR9E/

jQuery('#dyntable tbody tr').live('click', function (evt) {
    var $cell=$(evt.target).closest('td');
    if( $cell.index()>0){
       openMessage(oTable, this);
}
});

live() is deprecated , if using jQuery >= 1.7 convert to on(). Following assumes main table is a permanent asset in page.

jQuery('#dyntable').on('click','tbody tr', function (evt) {
    var $cell=$(evt.target).closest('td');
    if( $cell.index()>0){
       openMessage(oTable, this);
   }
});

This line in your code is redindant, it simply returns the same as this

nTr = jQuery(this)[0];