jQuery Tutorial Tutorials - jQuery event.delegateTarget

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

jQuery event.delegateTarget property Example

example

Change color of the element which event handler was attached.

$( "div" ).on('click','button',function( event ) {
    console.log(event.delegateTarget); // <div class=""><button>click me.</button></div>
    $(event.delegateTarget).toggleClass('highlight');
});

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