diff --git a/public/javascripts/context_menu.js b/public/javascripts/context_menu.js
index 9bc64b171a55ba74785f3a17b0322a0f81ad4ac2..ed96ee9007bc663e76b14a20303bda9918b73058 100644
--- a/public/javascripts/context_menu.js
+++ b/public/javascripts/context_menu.js
@@ -30,7 +30,12 @@ function contextMenuClick(event) {
   if (event.which == 1 || (navigator.appVersion.match(/\bMSIE\b/))) {
     var tr = target.closest('.hascontextmenu').first();
     if (tr.length > 0) {
-      // a row was clicked, check if the click was on checkbox
+      // a row was clicked
+      if (target.is('td.checkbox')) {
+    	// the td containing the checkbox was clicked, toggle the checkbox
+    	target = target.find('input').first();
+    	target.prop("checked", !target.prop("checked"));
+      }
       if (target.is('input')) {
         // a checkbox may be clicked
         if (target.prop('checked')) {