Thanks Karl, your info was very helpful. I had to modify the code a little bit to get what I needed since I did not need to multiple row highlight option so I post that here in case someone is looking for that funcationality.
// Highlight the row which will be selected if the user clicks the left mouse button. $(".burst").mouseover(function(event) { $(this).addClass("rowcol"); }) .mouseout(function(event) { $(this).removeClass("rowcol"); }) // The rest defines what happens when a row is clicked. // This code is concatenated with the mouseover/mouseout functions. .click(function() { // Reset background color of the previously selected row. $(".burst").removeClass("rowcolclicked"); // Highlight selected row. $(this).addClass("rowcolclicked");}