SelecTable.js

This piece of code allows every table to be turned into a user friendly seletable table. Each row can be selected by clicking on it and marked by a user defined class (by default class="selected"). You can also safely select multiple rows by pressing the CTRL or SHIFT key.

Note that you don't need JQuery

<table class="my-selectable">
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>
        <!-- add here the checkbox to toggle all --> 
        <input type="checkbox" id="all_checkbox" />
      </th>
      <th>Filename</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td><input id="file_001" type="checkbox" /></td>
      <td class="">Somefile.jpg</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td><input id="file_002" type="checkbox" /></td>
      <td>Somefile2.jpg</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td><input id="file_003" type="checkbox" /></td>
      <td>Somefile3.jpg</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td><input id="file_004" type="checkbox" /></td>
      <td>Somefile4.jpg</td>
    <tr>
      <td><input id="file_005" type="checkbox" /></td>
      <td>Somefile5.jpg</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

The following JQuery code can be used to set uf the table:

$(document).ready(function(){ 
  var tabel = new SelecTable($('table.my-selectable')[0],
                             {allCheckbox: "all_checkbox"});
});

Add the following CSS to your table rows:

  table.my-selectable tr {
              user-select: none; /* CSS3 (little to no support) */
          -ms-user-select: none; /* IE 10+ */
         -moz-user-select: none; /* Gecko (Firefox) */
      -webkit-user-select: none; /* Webkit (Safari, Chrome) */
  }