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#12993 closed bug (invalid)

Opened December 03, 2012 09:59AM UTC

Closed December 19, 2012 08:51AM UTC

jquery, on, event target

Reported by: fingerpasser Owned by: fingerpasser
Priority: undecided Milestone: None
Component: unfiled Version: 1.8.3
Keywords: Cc:
Blocked by: Blocking:
Description

html:

<ul>

<li><span>001</span></li>

<li><span>002</span></li>

<li><span>003</span></li>

</ul>

js:

$(document).on('click','li',functioin(e){

//why the e.target is span, not li, and how can i get the li without change the html.

});

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Change History (3)

Changed December 03, 2012 12:13PM UTC by rwaldron comment:1

owner: → fingerpasser
status: new → pending

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Changed December 04, 2012 11:54AM UTC by anonymous comment:2

I believe this is expected behaviour.

in the example, within the handler function 'this' will be a reference to the 'li' element, but the event target ('e.target') IS the span.

Changed December 19, 2012 08:51AM UTC by trac-o-bot comment:3

resolution: → invalid
status: pending → closed

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