jQuery event.result Property

Last Updated : 11 Jul, 2025

The jQuery event.result is an inbuilt property which is used to find the last and previous value returned by an event handler started by the specified event.

Syntax:

event.result

Parameter: It does not accept any parameter because it is a property not a function.

Example 1: jQuery code to show the working of event.result property.

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <script src= "https://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.10.2.js">  </script> <style>  div {  width: 40%;  height: 100px;  margin: 10px;  padding: 10px;  display: block;  border: 2px solid green;  }  </style> </head> <body> <div> <!-- click on this button --> <button>Click here for event result</button> <p></p> </div> <!-- jQuery code to show working of this property --> <script>  $("button").click(function (event) {  return "Geeks for Geeks !";  });  $("button").click(function (event) {  $("p").html(event.result);  });  </script> </body> </html>

Output:

Example 2: In this example, a pop-up will show last value returned by an event handler.

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <script src= "https://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.10.2.js">  </script> </head> <body> <center> <div> <!-- click on this button --> <button>Click here for event result</button> </div> <!-- jQuery code to show working of this property --> <script>  $("button").click(function (event) {  return "Geeks for Geeks !";  });  $("button").click(function (event) {  alert(event.result);  });  </script> </center> </body> </html>