diff --git a/lib/scripts/events.js b/lib/scripts/events.js
index 498ec21ffd..a1fcac7186 100644
--- a/lib/scripts/events.js
+++ b/lib/scripts/events.js
@@ -35,26 +35,26 @@ function removeEvent(element, type, handler) {
 function handleEvent(event) {
     var returnValue = true;
     // grab the event object (IE uses a global event object)
-    event = event || fixEvent(window.event);
+    event = event || fixEvent(window.event, this);
     // get a reference to the hash table of event handlers
     var handlers = this.events[event.type];
     // execute each event handler
     for (var i in handlers) {
         if (!handlers.hasOwnProperty(i)) continue;
-        this.$$handleEvent = handlers[i];
-        if (this.$$handleEvent(event) === false) {
+        if (handlers[i].call(this, event) === false) {
             returnValue = false;
         }
     }
     return returnValue;
 };
 
-function fixEvent(event) {
+function fixEvent(event, _this) {
     // add W3C standard event methods
     event.preventDefault = fixEvent.preventDefault;
     event.stopPropagation = fixEvent.stopPropagation;
     // fix target
     event.target = event.srcElement;
+    event.currentTarget = _this;
     // fix coords
     var base = (document.documentElement.scrollTop?document.documentElement:document.body);
     event.pageX = (typeof event.pageX !== 'undefined') ? event.pageX : event.clientX + base.scrollLeft;