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

If the exact target is link, then you can use .is()

Example:

$(".element").on("click", function(e){
  if($(e.target).is("a")){
    //do your stuff
  }
});

EDIT:

If it is surrounded by other element that is inside an anchor tag, then you can use closest() and check whether it have anchor tag parent or not by using length

Example:

$(".element").on("click", function(e){
  if($(e.target).closest("a").length){
    //do your stuff
  }
});