I'm just reposting an issue, which I found on stackoverflow and and can't fix. I've the same problem: I am using Bootgrid to display data in tables: http://www.jquery-bootgrid.com/ When I set the rowSelect to true, I can't select the row when I check the checkbox: I have created a JSFiddle: https://jsfiddle.net/n2jqjtep/1/ https://stackoverflow.com/questions/34329023/bootgrid-select-row-when-checkbox-is-clicked If I set multiSelect = true, the checkboxes can be clicked.