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

Answer 1

This function creates currentTarget in case it is IE, so you no longer need to patch your code!

function eventListener(e,t,f) {
   if(e.addEventListener)
       e.addEventListener(t,f);
   else
       e.attachEvent('on' + t,
                     function(a){
                         a.currentTarget = e;
                         f(a);
                     });
}

Regular JS(will not work on IE below 9):

function myfunction(e) {
    alert(e.currentTarget.id);
}

e = document.getElementById('id');
e.AddEventListener(e,'mouseover',myfunction);

With this function(will work on IE below 9):

function myfunction(e) {
    alert(e.currentTarget.id);
}
e = document.getElementById('id');
eventListener(e,'mouseover',myfunction);