DOM-event-delegation Flashcards

1
Q

What is the event.target?

A

The target of the event

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2
Q

Why is it possible to listen for events on one element that actually happen its descendent elements?

A

Because it bubbles

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3
Q

What DOM element property tells you what type of element it is?

A

tagName

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4
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What does the element.closest( ) method take as its argument and what does it return?

A

the closest element which matches a specified CSS selector. Will return itself or the matching ancestor

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5
Q

How can you remove an element from the DOM?

A

remove( )

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6
Q

If you wanted to insert new clickable DOM elements into the page using JavaScript, how could you avoid adding an event listener to every new element individually?

A

Put it on the parent

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