JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<table>
  <tr>
    <td>
    <span class="fancybox" onclick="alert('jQuery is awesome');" href="detail.aspx?CID=67525">LT5C260A436C41</span></td> 
    <td>more data</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td><a class="fancybox" href="detail.aspx?CID=17522">LA5C260D436C41</a></td> 
    <td>more data</td>
  </tr>
  ...
</table>

JavaScript

$("table tr").click(function(e) {
    var $link = $(this).find(".fancybox");
    
    if (e.target === $link[0]) return false;
    
    $link.click();
    return false;
});