How should I get the Parent nodeName of a text while I'm on it with the cursor?
<div id="holder" contentEditable="true">
Stackoverflow is the <b>coolest</b> Q&A website in the world.
</div>
And as a result we have:
So if the cursor is on the coolest
I would like to get it's parent nodeName which is b
Please no libraries, just pure javascript.
if (document.addEventListener) {
document.getElementById('holder').addEventListener('mouseover', function (e) {
somevar = e.target.nodeName;
}, false);
} else {
document.getElementById('holder').attachEvent('onmouseover', function (e) {
somevar = e.srcElement.nodeName;
});
}
EDIT: updated code and example in accordance with question edit and comments.
<div id="holder" contentEditable="true">
Stackoverflow is the <b onclick="alert(this.tagName)">coolest</b> Q&A website in the world.
</div>
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