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<html> <head> <script type="text/javascript"> function whichElement(e) { var targ; if (!e) { var e=window.event; } if (e.target) { targ=e.target; } else if (e.srcElement) { targ=e.srcElement; } if (targ.nodeType==3) // defeat Safari bug { targ = targ.parentNode; } var tname; tname=targ.tagName; alert("You clicked on a " + tname + " element."); } </script> </head> <body onmousedown="whichElement(event)"> <p>Click somewhere in the document. An alert box will alert the tag name of the element you clicked on.</p> <h3>This is a header</h3> <p>This is a paragraph</p> <img border="0" src="ball16.gif" width="29" height="28" alt="Ball"> </body> </html> | Your Result:
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