DOM Enlightenment Book

HTML

<script src="https://getfirebug.com/firebug-lite-debug.js"></script>
<div>click me</div>





























<h4 style="border-top:1px solid #ADADAD;padding-top:20px;margin-top:20px;"><strong>&larr; Code Example from <a href="http://www.domenlightenment.com/" target="_blank">DOM Enlightenment Book</a> by <a href="http://www.codylindley.com" target="_blank">Cody Lindley</a></strong></h4>

<p style="background-color:#fff">JavaScript code is executed on page load. Click the "Run" button in the top bar to re-run the JavaScript code. All <code>console.log()'s</code> are logged to the <a href="http://getfirebug.com/firebuglite" target="_blank">Firebug Lite</a> console below
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JavaScript

document.addEventListener('click', function(event) {
  console.log(event.currentTarget); //logs '#document'
  //same as...
  console.log(this);
}, false);

document.body.addEventListener('click', function(event) {
  console.log(event.currentTarget); //logs '<body>'
  //same as...
  console.log(this);
}, false);

document.querySelector('div').addEventListener('click', function(event) {
  console.log(event.currentTarget); //logs '<div>'
  //same as...
  console.log(this);
}, false);