JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
by Mark
HTML
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.8/themes/dot-luv/jquery-ui.css">
<script src="http://datatables.net/release-datatables/media/js/jquery.dataTables.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://datatables.net/release-datatables/media/css/demo_table.css">
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" class="display" id="example">
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Rendering engine</th>
<th>Browser</th>
<th>Platform(s)</th>
<th>Engine version</th>
<th>CSS grade</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr class="gradeX">
<td>Trident</td>
<td>Internet
Explorer 4.0</td>
<td>Win 95+</td>
<td class="center">4</td>
<td class="center">X</td>
</tr>
<tr class="gradeC">
<td>Trident</td>
<td>Internet
Explorer 5.0</td>
<td>Win 95+</td>
<td class="center">5</td>
<td class="center">C</td>
</tr>
<tr class="gradeA">
<td>Trident</td>
<td>Internet
Explorer 5.5</td>
<td>Win 95+</td>
<td class="center">5.5</td>
<td class="center">A</td>
</tr>
<tr class="gradeA">
<td>Trident</td>
<td>Internet
Explorer 6</td>
<td>Win 98+</td>
<td class="center">6</td>
<td class="center">A</td>
</tr>
<tr class="gradeA">
<td>Trident</td>
<td>Internet Explorer 7</td>
<td>Win XP SP2+</td>
<td class="center">7</td>
<td class="center">A</td>
</tr>
<tr class="gradeA">
<td>Trident</td>
<td>AOL browser (AOL desktop)</td>
<td>Win XP</td>
<td class="center">6</td>...
JavaScript
$("#example tbody").delegate("tr", "click", function() {
var firstCellText = $("td:first", this).text();
var fourthCellText = $("td:eq(3)", this).text();
alert("First Cell: " + firstCellText + "\nFourth Cell: " + fourthCellText);
});
$('#example').dataTable( );