on click target clicked code example

Example 1: javascript onclick get event

<div onclick="doSomething(event,this)"></div>
<script>
     function doSomething(e,el){
         e = e || window.event;
         console.log(e); //will be the event
         console.log(el); //we be the dom element 
     }
</script>

Example 2: jquery on click get element

$(document).on("click",".appDetails", function () {
   var clickedBtnID = $(this).attr('id'); // or var clickedBtnID = this.id
   alert('you clicked on button #' + clickedBtnID);
});