JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<table border="1">
  <tr>
    <td><a class="fancybox" onclick="alert('jQuery is awesome');return false;" href="detail.aspx?CID=67525">LT5C260A436C41</a></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").each(function(i, tr){
    $(tr).bind('click',function(e) {
        var target = $(e.target);
        if( !target.is("a") ) {
            clickLink($(this).find("a")[0]);
        }
    })
});


function clickLink(element) {
   if (document.createEvent) {
       // dispatch for firefox + others
       var evt = document.createEvent("MouseEvents");
       evt.initEvent("click", true, true ); // event type,bubbling,cancelable
       return !element.dispatchEvent(evt);
   } else {
       //IE
       element.click()
   }
}