javascript get the element that was clicked code example

Example 1: how to get the text of a clicked elemet by javascript

document.addEventListener('click', function(e) {
    e = e || window.event;
    var target = e.target || e.srcElement,
        text = target.textContent || target.innerText;   
}, false);

Example 2: how to get the text of a clicked elemet by javascript

$(document).click(function(event) {
    var text = $(event.target).text();
});