Javascript DOM Event type Property

Introduction

Return the type of event that was triggered: 

var x = event.type;

Press any key or click the mouse in this document to get what type of event that was triggered.

View in separate window 

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body
  onmousedown="myFunction(event)"
  onmouseup="myFunction(event)"
  onkeydown="myFunction(event)"
  onkeyup="myFunction(event)">

<p>Event: <span id="demo"></span></p>

<script>
function myFunction(event) {//from w  w  w  .  j av a2 s  .  c  om
  var x = event.type;
  document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = x;
}
</script>

</body>
</html>

The type event property returns the type of the triggered event.




PreviousNext

Related