ack, i just realized i misread pedalpete's solution; each click will only get interpreted once, but depending on where the click happens determines whether or not the <a> tag or the js will handle it. this smacks of wrongness. let's examine other ways to handle this:
1. expand the size of the <a> to completely fill the <td>, which is not a good solution if this requires placing a block element in an inline element 2. leave out the <a> tag completely, putting your link in the title of an existing element, which is semantically poor and may negatively impact accessibility 3. just hide the <a> tag, so it cannot be clicked on, which just doesnt seem palpable. hmmmm..... 4. remove the <a> tag from the dom once the link is extracted, which seems a bit like the unnecessary kidney operation i had has a youth 5. remove the 'href' from the <a> tag once the link is extracted, not as invasive as #4 but still questionable i'd vote for #3 but don't really like any of these approaches. can anyone come up with a "correct" solution that will allow us all to sleep better at night???
