jQuery check if target is link

Question

I have a global function to capture clicks.

$(document).click(function(e){
  //do something
  if(clickedOnLink)
    //do something
});

I want t

Answer 1

You can try to see if the element you clicked on either is or is a child of an tag.

$(document).click(function(e){
    if($(e.target).closest('a').length){
        alert('You clicked a link');
    }
    else{
        alert('You did not click a link');
    }
});