IE js error with event.target !==

Question

I have the following js code:

if ( event.target !== self.element[ 0 ]){
  ...
 }

In IE browser I get this error: Object doesn't support this property or method

when I write my code :

if ( event.target == self.element[ 0 ]){
  ...
 }

I don't get a js problem

what is not supported by IE? the !==?!!

Out of curiosity if nothing else, what does === result in? — ajp15243
– ajp15243, Commented Mar 24, 2014 at 14:41
The issue may be within the ... rather than the condition. Between the 2 snippets, they may not both execute the block. — Jonathan Lonowski
– Jonathan Lonowski, Commented Mar 24, 2014 at 14:44
@JonathanLonowski it appears that @nannou is using ... (an ellipsis) as a placeholder for the code. — Sumner Evans
– Sumner Evans, Commented Mar 24, 2014 at 14:52
@jsve Sorry. Yeah. I didn't mean to suggest otherwise. Just meant that the code represented by ... may also be contributing to the "fine in one, error in the other." — Jonathan Lonowski
– Jonathan Lonowski, Commented Mar 24, 2014 at 16:21

Pointy · Accepted Answer · 2014-03-24 14:50:36Z

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Well there's no "target" property in IE; it's event.srcElement. So try

if ((event.target || event.srcElement) !== self.element[0])

answered Mar 24, 2014 at 14:50

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2 Comments

radia Over a year ago

You are right, just one more information, on IE you need to access event objet with window.event, so you must define this before : code evt = evt || window.event;

Pointy Over a year ago

@radia yes, that too!

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