<div id="outer" style="background:#099"> click outer <p id="inner" style="background:#9C0">click inner</p> <br> </div> <script type="text/javascript"> function G(id){ return document.getElementById(id); } function addEvent(obj, ev, handler){ if(window.attachEvent){ obj.attachEvent("on" + ev, handler); }else if(window.addEventListener){ obj.addEventListener(ev, handler, false); } } function test(e){ alert("e.target.tagName : " + e.target.tagName + "\n e.currentTarget.tagName : " + e.currentTarget.tagName); } var outer = G("outer"); var inner = G("inner"); //addEvent(inner, "click", test); addEvent(outer, "click", test); </script>