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How can I trigger a user event on a child record when it's edited inline through a parent record sublist?

I believe you need to deploy a user event to the parent record and check for sublist change of the parent.

Well that's how I have done in the past, not sure there is any other way.

Yet another quirk that shows how poorly designed Netsuite is

I mean the user action is happening on the parent record but it is at least pretty easy to manage