Description

The event.currentTarget property contains the current DOM element within the event bubbling phase.

Note: This property will typically be equal to the this of the function.

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This property has the form:

event.currentTarget

Return Value

This form returns an Element object.

Examples

Alert that currentTarget matches the `this` keyword:

$("p").click(function(event) {
  alert(event.currentTarget === this); // true
});