How to get the element clicked (for the whole document)?

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I would like to get the current element (whatever element that is) in an HTML document that I clicked. I am using:

$(document).click(function () {
    alert($(this).text());
});

But very strangely, I get the text of the whole(!) document, not the clicked element.

How to get only the element I clicked on?

Example

<body>
    <div class="myclass">test</div>
    <p>asdfasfasf</p>
</body>

If I click on the “test” text, I would like to be able to read the attribute with $(this).attr("myclass") in jQuery.

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