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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <title>originalTarget compare</title>
  <style>
    #box {
      padding: 20px;
      background: #e0f2fe;
      border: 2px solid #0284c7;
      cursor: pointer;
      user-select: none;
    }
  </style>
</head>
<body>
  <div id="box">Click this box</div>
  <pre id="out">Waiting...</pre>
  <script>
    document.getElementById("box").addEventListener("click", function (event) {
      var ot = ("originalTarget" in event) ? event.originalTarget : null;
      document.getElementById("out").textContent =
        "target: " + (event.target && event.target.nodeName) + "\n" +
        "originalTarget: " + (ot ? ot.nodeName : "(unsupported)");
    });
  </script>
</body>
</html>

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