[fallenreaper]

I have code below to get the clicked element below:

var SELECTED_ELEMENT = null;
function getEl(mouse) {
                var ev = mouse || window.event;
                SELECTED_ELEMENT = ev.target || ev.srcElement;
}
document.onclick = getEL;

which works fine for most instances of click but i noticed some elements which were being stored in the "SELECTED_ELEMENT" field which shouldnt be.

With that said, i was thinking to do something like:

...
var ev = mouse || window.event;
var t_select = ev.target || ev.srcElement;
if ($(t_select).attr("class") == "derp"){
  SELECTED_ELEMENT = t_select;
}
...

that way the code would only override the selected element if the selected element or one of its parents has the class "derp"

Maybe i could change the if statement to something like

if ($(t_select).closest(".derp").length > 0){SELECTED_ELEMENT = t_select; }

What do you all think?

[Dormilich]

too complicated. if you already use jQuery, set the event on the elements with the desired class.

$(".derpt").click(function() { /* … */ });

but generally, why a global variable for that? there are usually better alternatives than unpredictable globals.