Gets the event target that is currently being processed.
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Syntax
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Property values
Type: Object
The current target of the event.
Standards information
Remarks
The target property returns the element that originally received an event. However, the currentTarget property returns the element that the event handlers are being processed for during the capturing and bubbling phases. At event phase AT_TARGET, the currentTarget and target objects are the same object.
See also
- SVGZoomEvent
- BeforeUnloadEvent
- CompositionEvent
- CustomEvent
- Event
- DragEvent
- FocusEvent
- KeyboardEvent
- MessageEvent
- MouseEvent
- MutationEvent
- StorageEvent
- TextEvent
- UIEvent
- eventPhase
Build date: 11/29/2012
