Gives the tag name of the element clicked on.

Edit code and click me	Your Result (Some examples do not work in Google Chrome):
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <html> <head> <script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-latest.js"></script> <script> $(document).ready(function(){ $("*", document.body).click(function (e) { e.stopPropagation(); var domEl = $(this).get(0); $("span:first").text("Clicked on - " + domEl.tagName); }); }); </script> <style> span { color:red; } div { background:yellow; } </style> </head> <body> <span> </span> <p>In this paragraph is an <span>important</span> section</p> <div><input type="text" /></div> </body> </html>
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