Reference that associates event object with getAttribute Solved with thanks in our final postmy

[niche]

I know event.currentTarget works with getAttribute, but I can't find a reference that says that. Is there one? If not why? I so, where should I look?

Edited August 14, 2012 by niche

[justsomeguy]

event.currentTarget points to a DOM node, and DOM nodes support getAttribute. Look at a reference for DOM nodes.

[niche]

I reviewed the html dom tutorials, but couldn't find an explicit statement that made the connection between event.currentTarget and getAttribute although http://www.w3schools...odes_access.asp came close. http://www.w3schools.com/jsref/dom_obj_element.asp comes close too because an element is a node. Did you have another reference in mind?

Edited August 14, 2012 by niche

[justsomeguy]

I'm not really sure what to say, this page: http://www.w3schools.com/jsref/event_currenttarget.asp says that it points to an element ("returns" isn't technically correct, it's a property not a function). Once you know it points to an element then you can look at the reference for elements to see what's available for it. A DOM node is basically the same thing as an element, but since we're working with Javascript we're working with the DOM. I think of an element as the rendered representation on a page, in Javascript it's a DOM node and in HTML it's a tag. They all represent the same thing.

[niche]

Thanks jsg. I was was confused about the difference between a node and an element. They're not mutually exclusive. An element is a type of node. Thanks again. Niche Edit: This topic was a big help in being able to better use the documentation.

Edited August 14, 2012 by niche