Get image clicked element with Jquery

Question

I want to be able to get ANY element's html code when I click on it. So far I can only get text elements but I can't get image elements. Here's what I have :

$(document).click(function(event) {
    alert($(event.target).html());      
});

this doesn't work with images tags like <img src="" alt=""/> but only with text .. Can you please tell me how to proceed to get the images element ? Thanks in advance.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2419749/get-selected-elements-outer-html — Tim Seguine, Dec 06 '13 at 19:02
I am guessing you just didn't know what it was called. That is literally the first google search result. — Tim Seguine, Dec 06 '13 at 19:06
Yes, I was googling for 20 minutes about getting img element's html didn't find any good answers — Ben, Dec 06 '13 at 19:08

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 06 '13 at 19:00

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I think you need to use outerHTML as fields like image/input(self closing) does not contain html

$(document).click(function(event) {
    alert(event.target.outerHTML);      
});

answered Dec 06 '13 at 19:00

Arun P Johny

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