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

You could always use a closure and pass in the element the event handler has been attached to. Something along these lines...

function handlerOnClick (currentTarget) {
    return function () {
        console.log(currentTarget);
    } 
}

var domElement = document.createElement('DIV');
domElement.innerHTML = 'Click me!';
domElement.onclick = handlerOnClick(domElement);
document.body.appendChild(domElement);