event.delegateTarget.xml

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<entry type="property" name="event.delegateTarget" return="Element">
  <title>event.delegateTarget</title>
  <signature>
    <added>1.7</added>
  </signature>
  <desc>The element where the currently-called jQuery event handler was attached.</desc>
  <longdesc>
    <p>This property is most often useful in delegated events attached by <a href="/delegate/"><code>.delegate()</code></a> or <a href="/on/"><code>.on()</code></a>, where the event handler is attached at an ancestor of the element being processed. It can be used, for example, to identify and remove event handlers at the delegation point.</p>
    <p>For non-delegated event handlers attached directly to an element, <code>event.delegateTarget</code> will always be equal to <code>event.currentTarget</code>.</p>
  </longdesc>
  <example>
    <desc>When a button in any box class is clicked, change the box's background color to red.</desc>
    <code><![CDATA[
$( ".box" ).on( "click", "button", function( event ) {
  $( event.delegateTarget ).css( "background-color", "red" );
});
]]></code>
  </example>
  <category slug="events/event-object"/>
  <category slug="events"/>
  <category slug="version/1.7"/>
</entry>