> So I gather you generally want to be able to add an event handler when an item is clicked? If so, it could help you if you can get a reference to the item's <tr>?

Well, the item is a link like this : <a id=myname>Menu Item</a>

And later I want to attach an event to its onclick: Event.Observe('myname','click',myeventhandler)

The <a> tag remains after you put a table around it, as far as I can tell when I use a tool to look at the rendered source code...