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<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
<title>Untitled</title>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<style type="text/css">
.red{
background-color: #FF8C00;
}
</style>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-latest.min.js"></script>
<script>
$(function()
{
$('tr').click(function(event)
{
$(event.target).parents('a').size() || $(event.target).not('a').size() && $(this).toggleClass('red')
}
);
}
)
</script>
</head>
<body>
<table>
<tr>
<td>
<form action="">
<input type="checkbox" id="" value="">
</form>
</td>
<td>13.08.2013</td>
<td>example@email.com</td>
<td>Иван Иванов</td>
<td><a href="#">13</a></td>
<td><a href="#">0</a></td>
<td>
<a class="btn btn-primary btn-success" href="#" ><i class="icon-zoom-in ">1</i></a>
<a class="btn btn-primary btn-danger btn-setting preliminary_delete_button" href="#"><i class="icon-trash">2</i></a>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</script>
</body>
</html>