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HTML currentTarget Event Property
The currentTarget event property in HTML is used to get the element whose event listeners triggered the event.
Following is the syntax −
event.currentTarget
Let us now see an example to implement the currentTarget event property −
Example
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <body> <h2>Get the element</h2> <p onclick="myFunction(event)">Click on this line to generate an alert box displaying the element whose eventlistener triggered the event.</p> <script> function myFunction(event) { alert("Element = "+event.currentTarget.nodeName); } </script> </body> </html> Output
Now double click on the line as shown in the above screenshot to generate an alert box that would display the element whose event listeners triggered the event −
Updated on: 2019-07-30T22:30:26+05:30
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