capture event - click anywhere in page

[Marcia Gulesian]

How can I capture the event when I click with the cursor anywhere in the
page (that is, on a component or elsewhere). This event would occure in
an I.E 5.5 or later browser.

[Martin Honnen]

Marcia Gulesian wrote:

How can I capture the event when I click with the cursor anywhere in the
page (that is, on a component or elsewhere). This event would occure in
an I.E 5.5 or later browser.

if (document.attachEvent) {
document.attachEvent('onclick',
function () {
// handle event here e.g.
alert(event.type + ' for ' + event.srcElement);
}
);
}
should do with IE 5.5/6 (well as far as click events are reported, if
there is a plugin in the page then as far as I remember clicks on the
content the plugin renders are usually not exposed to script in the HTML
page).
--

Martin Honnen
http://JavaScript.FAQTs.com/

[Marcia Gulesian]

Thanks.

Martin Honnen wrote:

Marcia Gulesian wrote:

How can I capture the event when I click with the cursor anywhere in the
page (that is, on a component or elsewhere). This event would occure in
an I.E 5.5 or later browser.

if (document.attachEvent) {
document.attachEvent('onclick',
function () {
// handle event here e.g.
alert(event.type + ' for ' + event.srcElement);
}
);
}
should do with IE 5.5/6 (well as far as click events are reported, if
there is a plugin in the page then as far as I remember clicks on the
content the plugin renders are usually not exposed to script in the HTML
page).

--

Martin Honnen
http://JavaScript.FAQTs.com/

[Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn]

Martin Honnen wrote:

Marcia Gulesian wrote:

How can I capture the event when I click with the cursor anywhere in the
page (that is, on a component or elsewhere). This event would occure in
an I.E 5.5 or later browser.

if (document.addEventListener)
{
document.addEventListener('click',
function () {
// handle event here e.g.
alert(event.type + ' for ' + event.target);
},
false
);
}
else if (document.attachEvent) {
document.attachEvent('onclick',
function () {
// handle event here e.g.
alert(event.type + ' for ' + event.srcElement);
}
);
}

should do with IE 5.5/6 [...]

And with this addendum it also works in browsers standards compliant in this
regard.
PointedEars