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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <title>originalTarget trio</title>
  <style>
    #para {
      padding: 16px;
      background: #fef3c7;
      border: 2px solid #d97706;
      cursor: pointer;
      max-width: 320px;
    }
  </style>
</head>
<body>
  <p id="para">Click this text inside the paragraph.</p>
  <pre id="out">Waiting...</pre>
  <script>
    function nameOf(node) {
      return node && node.nodeName ? node.nodeName : String(node);
    }

    document.getElementById("para").addEventListener("click", function (event) {
      var lines = ["target: " + nameOf(event.target)];
      lines.push(
        "originalTarget: " +
          ("originalTarget" in event
            ? nameOf(event.originalTarget)
            : "(unsupported)")
      );
      lines.push(
        "explicitOriginalTarget: " +
          ("explicitOriginalTarget" in event
            ? nameOf(event.explicitOriginalTarget)
            : "(unsupported)")
      );
      document.getElementById("out").textContent = lines.join("\n");
    });
  </script>
</body>
</html>

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Event.originalTarget — vs explicitOriginalTarget (Try It)