<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd"> <html lang="en"> <head> <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript" charset="utf-8"> document.onmousedown = doIt; function doIt(evt) { var elem = evt.target; var anAttr = null; alert (elem); } </script> </head> <body> <p><b>BUG ID:</b> <a href="rdar://problem/4196646">4196646</a> target returns text node when it should return the parent node</p> <p id="test" style="background-color:skyblue; padding:3px;"><b>STEPS TO TEST:</b> Click where indicated below. </p> <p id="success" style="background-color:palegreen; padding:3px;"><b>TEST PASS:</b> After clicking, see alert dialogs as described below. </p> <p id="failure" style="background-color:#FF3300; padding:3px;"><b>TEST FAIL:</b> After clicking, see alert dialogs other than what is described below. Specifically, tests #1 and #3 below will alert "[object TEXT]" </p> <p>1. click on this text - you should see an alert that says "[object P]"</p> <div style="border: 1px dotted red; width: 500px; ">2. click on white space next to this text --> <br>you should see an alert that says "[object DIV]" --> </div><br> 3. click on this text - you should see an alert that says "[object BODY]"<br><br> 4. click on empty whitespace on this page, below this text - you should see an alert that says "[object HTML]" </body> </html>