Typo in my JS snippet... there should be no quotes around document
Event.observe(document, 'click', function(event)
{
    console.log('You clicked on: ', event.element());
});

-Hector


On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 4:35 PM, Hector Virgen <djvir...@gmail.com> wrote:

> event.element() may not necessarily return $('object_id'). It returns the
> element that fired the event, which can be a child element of
> $('object_id').
> For example:
>
> Event.observe('document', 'click', function(event)
> {
>     console.log('You clicked on: ', event.element());
> });
>
> If you look at the console log, it will show the element you clicked on,
> not the document.
>
> As for speed, I would imagine that event.element() is faster than
> $('object_id') because even.element() is just accessing a property, instead
> of searching the dom for a node. But I could be wrong on this :)
>
> -Hector
>
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 2:54 PM, Dave L <dly...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> Im wondering, what is the difference between the following:
>>
>> $('object_id').observe('click', function(event){
>>    element = event.element()
>> }
>>
>> VERSUS
>>
>> $('object_id').observe('click', function(event){
>>    element = $('object_id)
>> }
>>
>> Is there a difference in speed?  Is one better than the other in
>> another way?
>> >>
>>
>

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