Grab row content after clicking edit link
HTML
<table>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>1</td>
<td>Name 1</td>
<td>Description 1</td>
<td><a href="#" class="edit">Edit</a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2</td>
<td>Name 2</td>
<td>Description 2</td>
<td><a href="#" class="edit">Edit</a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>3</td>
<td>Name 3</td>
<td>Description 3</td>
<td><a href="#" class="edit">Edit</a></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
CSS
table tr td{padding:3px;}
JavaScript
function doSomethingWithData(processedRowData){
alert('send this selected row data to a control: ' + processedRowData );
}
$("a.edit").live('click',function(){
var rowData = $(this).parent().siblings();
var dataArray = [];
$(rowData).each(function(){
var rowValue = $(this).html();
dataArray.push(rowValue);
});
doSomethingWithData(dataArray);
return false;
});