Internet Explorer and JavaScript event currentTarget

Question

Is there a way to take the current target of an event with IE 7 or 8?

With other browser (firefox, opera, chrome etc.) we can use event.currentTarget or also we can use the this keyword to refer to the object processing the event.

But in Internet Explorer we don't have currentTarget property and the this refers to window object!

So how can I do that?

Answer 1

You can do something like

target = (event.currentTarget) ? event.currentTarget : event.srcElement; 

Although as @Marc mentioned you can use a JQuery framework that normalizes the event for you.

Answer 2

I had similar problem. I solved it using keyword this as stated in an article on brainjar.com

To get the equivalent of the currentTarget property in IE, use the this keyword as an argument when setting the event handler in a tag.

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function myHandler(event, link) { ... }

On the same page you can find the following table :