control-freak-ide/Control-Freak-Documentation/jQuery/docs/entries/event.currentTarget.json

{"name":"event.currentTarget","type":"property","title":"event.currentTarget","deprecated":null,"removed":null,"desc":" The current DOM element within the event bubbling phase.  ","categories":["events/event-object","version/1.3"],"entries":[{"return":"Element","signatures":{"added":"1.3"},"examples":{"desc":"Alert that currentTarget matches the `this` keyword.","code":"\n$( \"p\" ).click(function( event ) {\n  alert( event.currentTarget === this ); // true\n});\n"},"longdesc":"\n    <p>This property will typically be equal to the <code>this</code> of the function.</p>\n    <p>\n      <em>If you are using <a href=\"/jQuery.proxy/\">jQuery.proxy</a> or another form of scope manipulation, <code>this</code> will be equal to whatever context you have provided, not <code>event.currentTarget</code></em>\n    </p>\n  "}]}