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Example 1: event target javascript

Using the event.target property together with the element.tagName property to find out which element triggered a specified event:

<body onclick="myFunction(event)">
<p>Click on any elements in this document to find out which element triggered the onclick event.</p>
<h1>This is a heading</h1>
<button>This is a button</button>
<p id="demo"></p>

<script>
function myFunction(event) { 
  var x = event.target;
  document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = "Triggered by a " + x.tagName + " element";
}
</script>

Example 2: event.target javascript

const theTarget = someEvent.target;

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