Question

I have a quick jQuery question:

I have the following type of table:

<table id="my_table">
  <tr>
   <td><input type="checkbox" value="24"></td>
   <td> Click Here To Check The Box </td>
   <td> Or Click Here </td>
  </tr>
 </table>

And in jQuery, I am attempting to select the corresponding checkbox in that row that was clicked.

 $("#my_table tr").click(function(e) { 
     $(this).closest(":checkbox").attr("checked", checked");
  });

But the above isn’t working. Any quick ideas on selecting the checkbox on the row that was clicked? Thanks!

Answer 1

EDIT: BEST SOLUTION AT BOTTOM

Assuming there’s only one checkbox, I would attach the event to the td instead of the tr:

$('#my_table td').click(function(e){
  $(this).parent().find('input:checkbox:first').attr('checked', 'checked');
});

Example

If you want to be able to uncheck the checkbox as well…

$('#my_table td').click(function(e) {
    var $tc = $(this).parent().find('input:checkbox:first'),
        tv = $tc.attr('checked');

    $tc.attr('checked', !tv);
});

This function needs to be applied to the checkbox as well to negate the default behavior.

Example 2

EDIT: The solution is most reasonable method is to cancel the functionality if the target is an input: http://jsfiddle.net/EXVYU/5/

var cbcfn = function(e) {
    if (e.target.tagName.toUpperCase() != "INPUT") {
        var $tc = $(this).parent().find('input:checkbox:first'),
            tv = $tc.attr('checked');
        $tc.attr('checked', !tv);
    }
};

$('#my_table td').live('click', cbcfn);