dom-event-delegation Flashcards

1
Q

What is the event.target?

A

The specific element that the event happened to/ is happening on.

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2
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Why is it possible to listen for events on one element that actually happen its descendent elements?

A

The event flow, specifically event bubbling.

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3
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What DOM element property tells you what type of element it is?

A

event.target.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

A parent element or nearest ancestor/parent element of the targeted element.

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5
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How can you remove an element from the DOM?

A

element.remove();

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6
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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

By adding it to their parent element, that way you can access all its child elements.

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