testing click event source element
HTML
<div>
<button><a href="https://img.skitch.com/20110912-1m2qj31m7sxmh46uheef63gutu.gif">test</a></button>
</div>
JavaScript
$(document).ready(function() {
$("button").live("click", function(event) {
$("body").append(event.currentTarget.tagName); event.preventDefault();
console.log(event);
});
});