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jQuery event.currentTarget Property

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  • Last Updated : 17 Nov, 2022
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The jQuery event.currentTarget property is used to return the current DOM element within the event bubbling phase. The event.currentTarget is typically equal to “this”

Syntax:

event.currentTarget

Parameter:

  • event: It is required parameter and this parameter comes from the event binding function.

Example 1: In this example, we will return the true value within the event bubbling phase by clicking on any HTML element.

HTML




<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  
<head>
    <title>
        jQuery event.currentTarget Property
    </title>
    <script src=
    </script>
  
    <script>
        $(document).ready(function () {
            $("h1, h2, p").click(function (event) {
                alert(event.currentTarget === this);
            });
        });
    </script>
</head>
  
<body>
    <center>
        <h1 id="geeks1" style="color:green;">
            GeeksForGeeks
        </h1>
        <h2 id="geeks2">
            jQuery event.currentTarget Property
        </h2>
        <p>
            <b>Note:</b
            Click on each HTML element.
        </p>
    </center>
</body>
  
</html>


Output: 

 

Example 2: In this example, we will return the same value of the element within the event bubbling phase by clicking on any HTML element.

HTML




<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  
<head>
    <title>
        jQuery event.currentTarget Property
    </title>
    <script src=
    </script>
  
    <script>
        $(document).ready(function () {
            $("h1, p").click(function (event) {
                alert(event.currentTarget.innerHTML);
            });
        });
    </script>
</head>
  
<body>
    <center>
        <h1 id="geeks1" style="color:green;">
            GeeksForGeeks
        </h1>
        <h2 id="geeks2">
            jQuery event.currentTarget Property
        </h2>
        <p>
            <b>Note:</b
            Click on each HTML element.
        </p>
    </center>
</body>
  
</html>


Output: 

 


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