HTML | DOM target Event Property

Last Updated : 11 Jul, 2022

The target event property in HTML DOM is used to return the element that triggered the event.

Syntax:

event.target

Return Value: This property returns the reference of the object on which the event originally occurred.

Below example illustrates the target Event Property in HTML DOM:

Example:

html

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
     
<head>
    <title>
        HTML DOM target Event Property
    </title>
     
    <style>
        body {
            text-align:center;
        }
        h1 {
            color:green;
        }
    </style>
</head>
 
<body onclick="myGeeks(event)">
     
    <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1>
     
    <h2>HTML DOM target Event Property</h2>
 
    <p>Click on the elements to get the triggered element</p>
 
    <button>Click Here</button>
 
    <p id = "GFG"></p>
     
    <script>
        function myGeeks(event) { 
            var x = event.target;
             
            document.getElementById("GFG").innerHTML
                = "Triggered element: " + x.tagName;
        }
    </script>
</body>
 
</html>