Defining JavaScript Event Object

Question

Why am I getting an error for this piece of code?:

function catchevent() 
{
    eventSrcID=(event.srcElement)?event.srcElement.id:\'undefined\';

    eventty         


        

Answer 1

In Firefox, the first param passed to a handler is the event. So a cross browser piece of code would check for a param and use it if present. If not present, it would default to window.event, the IE way.