JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.6.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.datatables.net/w/dt/dt-1.10.20/fh-3.1.6/fc-3.3.0/r-2.2.3/datatables.min.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.datatables.net/w/dt/dt-1.10.20/fc-3.3.0/fh-3.1.6/r-2.2.3/datatables.min.css">
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <meta charset=utf-8 />
    <title>DataTables - JS Bin</title>
  </head>
  <body>
    <div class="container">
      <table id="example" class="display nowrap" width="100%">
        <thead>
          <tr>
            <th>Name</th>
            <th>Position</th>
            <th>Office</th>
            <th>Age</th>
            <th>Start date</th>
            <th>Salary</th>
          </tr>
        </thead>

        <tfoot>
          <tr>
            <th>Name</th>
            <th>Position</th>
            <th>Office</th>
            <th>Age</th>
            <th>Start date</th>
            <th>Salary</th>
          </tr>
        </tfoot>

        <tbody>
          <tr>
            <td>Tiger Nixon <a>i</a></td>
            <td>System Architect</td>
            <td>Edinburgh</td>
            <td>61</td>
            <td>2011/04/25</td>
            <td>$3,120</td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td>Garrett Winters <a>i</a></td>
            <td>Director</td>
            <td>Edinburgh</td>
            <td>63</td>
            <td>2011/07/25</td>
            <td>$5,300</td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td>Ashton Cox <a>i</a></td>
            <td>Technical Author</td>
            <td>San Francisco</td>
            <td>66</td>
            <td>2009/01/12</td>
            <td>$4,800</td>
          </tr>
          
        </tbody>
      </table>
    </div>
  </body>
</html>

CSS

body {
  font: 90%/1.45em "Helvetica Neue", HelveticaNeue, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
  color: #333;
  background-color: #fff;
}

a {
  color: white;
  cursor: pointer;
  border: 1px solid blue;
  background: blue;
  font-weight: bold;
  border-radius: 50%;
  display: inline-block;
  width: 1em;
  height: 1em;
  text-align:center;
  padding:0 .2em .4em;
}

JavaScript

$(document).ready( function () {

  var table = $('#example').dataTable({responsive:true});
  
  $(document).on("click", "td a", function(e) {
  e.preventDefault();
  e.stopPropagation();
  	alert("Modal");
    return false;
  });
  
});