Get any element in a document on click, hover, etc. Can access properties of "event.target" like you would typically access an element's properties, i.e. "event.target.style".

get_any_element_on_click.js

// getting an event's target
function getElementByEvent(event){
  console.log(event.target);
}

// get the target
var element = document.getElementsByClassName('element')[0];

//adding event listener to target
element.addEventListener('click', function(event){
  getElementByEvent(event);
});

I've named this Gist as I have because this is an easy way to allow for the user to click anywhere and via conditional, check if a certain reaction should occur.

Demo:
http://codepen.io/mattConn/pen/PzrKKJ?editors=1111