jquery, on, event target

[fingerpasser]

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. });

[Rick Waldron]

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[anonymous]

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.

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