The currentTarget event property in HTML is used to get the element whose event listeners triggered the event.
Following is the syntax −
event.currentTarget
Let us now see an example to implement the currentTarget event property −
Example
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<h2>Get the element</h2>
<p onclick="myFunction(event)">Click on this line to generate an alert box displaying the element whose eventlistener triggered the event.</p>
<script>
function myFunction(event) {
alert("Element = "+event.currentTarget.nodeName);
}
</script>
</body>
</html>Output
Now double click on the line as shown in the above screenshot to generate an alert box that would display the element whose event listeners triggered the event −
