How to detect Link clicks (text, images, etc) with Javascript?

Question

I\'m trying to write a Cross-Browser script that detects when a link is clicked on a page (text link, image, or othwerwise) so that I can show a message or ad (like an inter

Answer 1

I thought I'd try a non-jQuery (and non-other-library solution too, just for...well, filling a few minutes):

function clickOrigin(e){
    var target = e.target;
    var tag = [];
    tag.tagType = target.tagName.toLowerCase();
    tag.tagClass = target.className.split(' ');
    tag.id = target.id;
    tag.parent = target.parentNode;

    return tag;
}

var tagsToIdentify = ['img','a'];

document.body.onclick = function(e){
    elem = clickOrigin(e);

    for (i=0;i

JS Fiddle demo.

Amended the above, to detect img elements nested within an a element (which I think is what you're wanting having re-read your question):

function clickOrigin(e){
    var target = e.target;
    var tag = [];
    tag.tagType = target.tagName.toLowerCase();
    tag.tagClass = target.className.split(' ');
    tag.id = target.id;
    tag.parent = target.parentNode.tagName.toLowerCase();

    return tag;
}

var tagsToIdentify = ['img','a'];

document.body.onclick = function(e){
    elem = clickOrigin(e);

    for (i=0;i

JS Fiddle demo.