diff --git a/Docs/Interface/HtmlTable.md b/Docs/Interface/HtmlTable.md
index 4c940381..bb7d934a 100644
--- a/Docs/Interface/HtmlTable.md
+++ b/Docs/Interface/HtmlTable.md
@@ -121,6 +121,25 @@ Note that it can also be an actual *TR* element.
 ### Example of Object Returned
 
 	{tr: theTableRow, tds: [td, td, td]}
+	
+HtmlTable Method: update {#HtmlTable:push}
+----------------------------------------
+
+Update a table row
+
+### Syntax
+
+	myHtmlTable.update(tr, row);
+
+### Arguments
+
+1. tr - (*TR* element) the row to update
+2. row - (*array* or *element*) the data for the row or *TR* element. Same as the row data sent to [HtmlTable.push][]
+
+### Returns
+
+* (*object*) an object containing the tr and td tags.
+
 
 
 HtmlTable Method: pushMany {#HtmlTable:pushMany}
diff --git a/Source/Interface/HtmlTable.js b/Source/Interface/HtmlTable.js
index 708b0c9b..90309817 100644
--- a/Source/Interface/HtmlTable.js
+++ b/Source/Interface/HtmlTable.js
@@ -105,37 +105,44 @@ var HtmlTable = new Class({
 		return this;
 	},
 
-	push: function(row, rowProperties, target, tag, where){
-		if (typeOf(row) == 'element' && row.get('tag') == 'tr'){
-			row.inject(target || this.body, where);
-			return {
-				tr: row,
-				tds: row.getChildren('td')
-			};
-		}
+	update: function(tr, row, tag){
+		var tds = tr.getChildren(tag || 'td'), last = tds.length - 1;
 
-		var tds = row.map(function(data){
-			var td = new Element(tag || 'td', data ? data.properties : {}),
+		row.each(function(data, index){
+			var td = tds[index] || new Element(tag || 'td').inject(tr),
 				content = (data ? data.content : '') || data,
 				type = typeOf(content);
 
-			if (['element', 'array', 'collection', 'elements'].contains(type)) td.adopt(content);
+			if (data && data.properties) td.set(data.properties);
+			if (/(element(s?)|array|collection)/.test(type)) td.empty().adopt(content);
 			else td.set('html', content);
 
-			return td;
+			if (index > last) tds.push(td);
+			else tds[index] = td;
 		});
 
 		return {
-			tr: new Element('tr', rowProperties).inject(target || this.body, where).adopt(tds),
+			tr: tr,
 			tds: tds
 		};
 	},
 
+	push: function(row, rowProperties, target, tag, where){
+		if (typeOf(row) == 'element' && row.get('tag') == 'tr'){
+			row.inject(target || this.body, where);
+			return {
+				tr: row,
+				tds: row.getChildren('td')
+			};
+		}
+		return this.update(new Element('tr', rowProperties).inject(target || this.body, where), row, tag);
+	},
+
 	pushMany: function(rows, rowProperties, target, tag, where){
 		return rows.map(function(row){
 			return this.push(row, rowProperties, target, tag, where);
 		}, this);
-	},
+	}
 
 });
 
diff --git a/Tests/Specs/1.3/Interface/HtmlTable.js b/Tests/Specs/1.3/Interface/HtmlTable.js
index 8b1c45ed..358cd5b7 100644
--- a/Tests/Specs/1.3/Interface/HtmlTable.js
+++ b/Tests/Specs/1.3/Interface/HtmlTable.js
@@ -126,6 +126,17 @@ describe('HtmlTable', function(){
 
 	});
 
+	describe('HtmlTable:update', function(){
+
+		it('should update a table row', function(){
+			var table = new HtmlTable();
+			var row = table.push(['hello','world']);
+			var newrow = table.update(row.tr, ['I','work']);
+			expect(newrow.tds.get('text')).toEqual(['I', 'work']);
+		});
+
+	});
+
 	describe('HtmlTable cloned Element methods', function(){
 
 		var t = new HtmlTable({