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<!DOCTYPE html>

<html lang="en">

<head>

  <meta charset="utf-8">

  <title>event.target official demo</title>

  <style>

    body { font-family: sans-serif; padding: 16px; max-width: 28rem; }

    span, strong, p { padding: 8px; display: block; border: 1px solid #999; margin-bottom: 8px; cursor: pointer; }

    #log { padding: 12px; background: #f1f5f9; border-radius: 6px; min-height: 2rem; }

  </style>

</head>

<body>

  <span>span block</span>

  <strong>strong block</strong>

  <p>paragraph block</p>

  <div id="log">Click any block above.</div>

  <script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.7.1.min.js"></script>

  <script>

    $("body").on("click", function (event) {

      if ($(event.target).closest("#log").length) return;

      $("#log").html("clicked: " + event.target.nodeName);

    });

  </script>

</body>

</html>

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