Get clicked element

Description

The following code shows how to get clicked element.

Example


<html>
<head>
<script type="text/javascript"
  src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
  $(document).ready(function() {<!--   w w w .j a  v  a 2s.  c  o  m-->
    $("*", document.body).click(function(e) {
      e.stopPropagation();
      var domEl = $(this).get(0);
      $("span:first").text("Clicked on - " + domEl.tagName);
    });
  });
</script>
</head>
<body>
  <span></span>
  <p>A</p>
  <div>B</div>
</body>
</html>

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