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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <title>jQuery .is('li') target</title>
</head>
<body>
  <ul>
    <li>list <strong>item 1</strong></li>
    <li>list item 2</li>
    <li>list item 3</li>
  </ul>
  <p>Click the li directly — not the bold text inside item 1.</p>
  <script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.7.1.min.js"></script>
  <script>
    $("ul").on("click", function (event) {
      var target = $(event.target);
      if (target.is("li")) {
        target.css("background-color", "red");
      }
    });
  </script>
</body>
</html>

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