Baseline Widely available
Note: This feature is available in Web Workers.
The type
read-only property of the Event
interface returns a string containing the event's type. It is set when the event is constructed and is the name commonly used to refer to the specific event, such as click
, load
, or error
.
A string containing the type of Event
.
This example logs the event type whenever you press a keyboard key or click a mouse button.
HTML<p>Press any key or click the mouse to get the event type.</p>
<p id="log"></p>
JavaScript
function getEventType(event) {
const log = document.getElementById("log");
log.innerText = `${event.type}\n${log.innerText}`;
}
// Keyboard events
document.addEventListener("keydown", getEventType, false); // first
document.addEventListener("keypress", getEventType, false); // second
document.addEventListener("keyup", getEventType, false); // third
// Mouse events
document.addEventListener("mousedown", getEventType, false); // first
document.addEventListener("mouseup", getEventType, false); // second
document.addEventListener("click", getEventType, false); // third
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