jQuery | event.delegateTarget Property

The event.delegateTarget property in jQuery is used to return the element where the currently-called jQuery event handler was attached.

Syntax:

event.delegateTarget

Parameter:

event: It is a required parameter and this event parameter comes from the event binding function.

Example:

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html> 
  
<head> 
    <title> 
      jQuery event.currentTarget Property 
  </title> 
    <script src= 
"https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"> 
  </script> 
    
  <script> 
        $(document).ready(function() { 
            $("div").on("click", "button", 
                        function(event) { 
                $(event.delegateTarget).css( 
                  "background-color", "green"); 
            }); 
        }); 
    </script> 
</head> 
  
<body> 
    <center> 
        <div> 
            <h1>GeeksForGeeks</h1> 
            <h2 id="geeks2"> 
              jQuery event.currentTarget Property 
          </h2> 
            <button>Click</button> 
        </div> 
    </center> 
</body> 
  
</html> 

Output:

Before click:

After click:

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