Get Mouse event source element name in JavaScript
Description
The following code shows how to get Mouse event target/source element name.
Example
<html>
<head>
<title>Mouse Events Example</title>
<script type="text/javascript">
function handleEvent(oEvent) {<!-- w ww . ja v a2 s . c o m-->
var oTextbox = document.getElementById("txt1");
oTextbox.value += "\n" + oEvent.type;
oTextbox.value += "\n target is " + oEvent.srcElement.tagName;
if (oEvent.fromElement) {
oTextbox.value += "\n fromElement is "
+ oEvent.fromElement.tagName;
}
if (oEvent.toElement) {
oTextbox.value += "\n toElement is " + oEvent.toElement.tagName;
}
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<P>Use your mouse to click click the red square and move out.</p>
<div style="width: 100px; height: 100px; background-color: red"
onmouseout="handleEvent(event)" onclick="handleEvent(event)" id="div1"></div>
<P>
<textarea id="txt1" rows="15" cols="50"></textarea>
</p>
</body>
</html>