Gets the name of an event.
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Syntax
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Property values
Type: String
The name of the event, such as click or mouseover.
Standards information
Remarks
The type property of the event depends on the event. This property can be a standard event type, or it can be a custom user-defined event that you created by using the createEvent and initEvent methods.
See also
- SVGZoomEvent
- BeforeUnloadEvent
- CompositionEvent
- CustomEvent
- Event
- DragEvent
- FocusEvent
- KeyboardEvent
- MessageEvent
- MouseEvent
- MutationEvent
- StorageEvent
- TextEvent
- UIEvent
- initEvent
Build date: 11/29/2012
