Cross browser JavaScript event.target

target.js

/**
 * A cross-browser method to get the correct event target
 * @param  object e The event being fired
 * @return object targ The event target
 */
Navigation.prototype.getEventTarget = function(e)
{
	var targ;
	
	if (e.target) { // W3C
		targ = e.target;
	} else if (e.srcElement) { // IE6-8
		targ = e.srcElement;	
	}
	if (targ.nodeType == 3) { // Safari
		targ = targ.parentNode;
	}

	return targ;
}