Using the event.target property together with the element.tagName property to find out which element triggered a specified event:
<body onclick="myFunction(event)">
<p>Click on any elements in this document to find out which element triggered the onclick event.</p>
<h1>This is a heading</h1>
<button>This is a button</button>
<p id="demo"></p>
<script>
function myFunction(event) {
var x = event.target;
document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = "Triggered by a " + x.tagName + " element";
}
</script>// Make a list
const ul = document.createElement('ul');
document.body.appendChild(ul);
const li1 = document.createElement('li');
const li2 = document.createElement('li');
ul.appendChild(li1);
ul.appendChild(li2);
function hide(evt) {
// e.target refers to the clicked <li> element
// This is different than e.currentTarget, which would refer to the parent <ul> in this context
evt.target.style.visibility = 'hidden';
}
// Attach the listener to the list
// It will fire when each <li> is clicked
ul.addEventListener('click', hide, false);
const theTarget = someEvent.target;