HTML | currentTarget Event Property

Last Updated : 18 Jan, 2019

The currentTarget event property is used for returning the element whose event listeners are responsible for triggering the event. The currentTarget event property is generally used during capturing and bubbling.

Syntax :

event.currentTarget

Below program illustrates the currentTarget event property :

Example: Getting the element whose event listeners triggered a specific event.

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html> 
  
<head> 
    <title>currentTarget Event Property in HTML</title> 
    <style> 
        h1 { 
            color: green; 
        } 
          
        h2 { 
            font-family: Impact; 
        } 
          
        body { 
            text-align: center; 
        } 
    </style> 
</head> 
  
<body onclick="MyEvent(event)"> 
  
    <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1> 
    <h2>currentTarget Event Property</h2> 
  
    <p>Click on this line to receive an  
      alert box with the element whose  
      event listener triggered the event.</p> 
  
    <script> 
        function MyEvent(event) { 
            alert(event.currentTarget.nodeName); 
        } 
    </script> 
  
</body> 
  
</html>        