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

I'd like to give a more simple answer, the meat of this is the same as the meat in anas' and user1515360's answers:

if (browserDoesNotUnderstandCurrentTarget) {
        someElement.onclick = function (e) {
                if (!e) { var e = window.event; }
                e.currentTarget = someElement;
                yourCallback(e);
        }
}
else {
        someElement.onclick = yourCallback;
}

Substitute onclick for whatever event you wish of course.

This makes e.currentTarget available on browsers that do not support currentTarget.