How to get the element clicked (for the whole document)?
I would like to get the current element (whatever element that is) in an HTML document that I clicked. I am using:
$(document).click(function () {
alert($(this).text());
});
But very strangely, I get the text of the whole(!) document, not the clicked element.
How to get only the element I clicked on?
Example
<body>
<div class="myclass">test</div>
<p>asdfasfasf</p>
</body>
If I click on the "test" text, I would like to be able to read the attribute with $(this).attr("myclass") in jQuery.
Answer
You need to use the event.target which is the element which originally triggered the event. The this in your example code refers to document.
In jQuery, that's...
$(document).click(function(event) {
var text = $(event.target).text();
});
Without jQuery...
document.addEventListener('click', function(e) {
e = e || window.event;
var target = e.target || e.srcElement,
text = target.textContent || target.innerText;
}, false);
Also, ensure if you need to support < IE9 that you use attachEvent() instead of addEventListener().