JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/css/bootstrap.min.css">
<script src="http://igniteui.com/js/modernizr.min.js"></script>
<script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.9.1.min.js"></script>
<script src="http://code.jquery.com/ui/1.10.3/jquery-ui.min.js"></script>
<script src="http://cdn-na.infragistics.com/igniteui/latest/js/infragistics.core.js"></script>
<script src="http://cdn-na.infragistics.com/igniteui/latest/js/infragistics.lob.js"></script>
<script src="http://igniteui.com/js-data/nw-employees"></script>
<link href="http://cdn-na.infragistics.com/igniteui/latest/css/themes/infragistics/infragistics.theme.css" rel="stylesheet"></link>
<link href="http://cdn-na.infragistics.com/igniteui/latest/css/structure/infragistics.css" rel="stylesheet"></link>
<link href="http://cdn-na.infragistics.com/igniteui/latest/css/structure/infragistics.css" rel="stylesheet"></link>
    <table id="cbRowSelectors">
    </table>

JavaScript

$(function () {
            /*----------------- Instantiation -------------------------*/
            createCboxSelectorsGrid();
            var grid = $("#cbRowSelectors");
            grid.igGrid("widget").igGridSelection("selectRow",0);
        });
        
        function gridRowSelectionChanging(evt, ui) {
        	alert('in method gridRowSelectionChanging');
        	if ($(ui.row.element.context).closest(".ui-iggrid-rowselector-class").length > 0) {
          alert('length > 0');
                if ($(ui.row.element).attr("aria-selected") === true) {
                	alert('de-selecting by id');
                    ui.owner.deselectRowById(ui.row.id);
                } else {
                	alert('selecting by id');
                    ui.owner.selectRowById(ui.row.id);
                }
                alert('returning false');
                return false;
            }
        }

        function createCboxSelectorsGrid() {
            $("#cbRowSelectors").igGrid({
                width: "100%",
                autoGenerateColumns: false,
                dataSource: northwindEmployees,
                id: "rowgrid",
                responseDataKey: "results",
                dataSourceType: "json",
                columns: [
                    { headerText: "Employee ID", key: "ID", dataType: "number", width: "120px", hidden: true },
                    { headerText: "Name", key: "Name", dataType: "string"},
                    { headerText: "Title", key: "Title", dataType: "string" },
                    { headerText: "Phone", key: "Phone", dataType: "string" },
                    { headerText: "Country", key: "Country", dataType: "string" }

                ],
                features: [
                    {
                        name: "RowSelectors",
                        enableCheckBoxes: true
                    },
                    {
                        name: "Selection",
                        mode: "row", 
                       ...