jQuery Events: Display the tag name of the clicked element
jQuery Events : Exercise -21 with Solution
Display the tag name of the clicked element.
HTML code:
<body> <p></p> <h2>This is a heading 2</h2> <div> First name: <input type="text"><br> Last name: <input type="text"> </div><br></body>
Solution:
HTML Code :
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<script src="//code.jquery.com/jquery-1.11.1.min.js"></script>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>Display the tag name of the clicked element</title>
</head>
<body>
<p></p>
<h2>This is a heading 2</h2>
<div>
First name: <input type="text"><br>
Last name: <input type="text">
</div>
</body>
</html>
JavaScript Code :
$( "*", document.body ).click(function( event ) {
event.stopPropagation();
var domElement = $( this ).get( 0 );
$( "p:first" ).text( "Clicked on - " + domElement.nodeName );
});
Live Demo:
See the Pen jquery-events-exercise-21 by w3resource (@w3resource) on CodePen.
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