Javascript Reference
Categories: event

javascript event srcElement

@March 15, 2008, 1:22 a.m.
srcElementFirefox/Netscape/NN n/a IE 4 Chrome/Safari/DOM n/a

Read-only

Refers to the element object that initially received the current event. This property is convenient in switch constructions for an event handler function that handles the same event type for a number of different elements. The corresponding property for Netscape 6 is target.

 
Example
 
switch (evt.srcElement.id) {
    case "myDIV":
        ...
    ...
}
 
Value

Element object reference.

 
Default

None.


Powered by Linode.