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Get the event target in JavaScript

Description

The following code shows how to get the event target.

Example


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<html>
<body>
<script language = "JavaScript">
function whichButton(evnt){
window.captureEvents(evnt.CLICK);
document.writeln("The button you pressed was:" + evnt.target.value);
}
</script>
<form name="form1">
Choose a button and click on it.
<br><br>
<input type="button" value="Button1" name="Button1" onClick = whichButton(event)>
<input type="button" value="Button2" name="Button2" onClick = whichButton(event)>
<input type="button" value="Button3" name="Button3" onClick = whichButton(event)>
</form>
</body>
</html>

Click to view the demo

The code above generates the following result.

Get the event target in JavaScript
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