Access event.target in IE8 unobtrusive Javascript

Question

The following function gets the target element in a dropdown menu:

function getTarget(evt){

 var targetElement = null;

 //if it is a standard browser
 if (         


        

Answer 1

Shortest version ever seen:

function getTarget(e) {
var evn = e || window.event;
return evn.srcElement || e.target;
}