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JavaScript

Posted by Glaukio Llupo
Glaukio Llupo
9,552 Points

What is "e" in this example: "e.target"?

I need some help with this. I dont get what "e" is. This in line one, the "e", what exactly is it and how it works. I dont really need help on the ".target" part though. I thank you in advance.

form.addEventListener("submit", (e) => {
  e.preventDefault();
  const text = input.value;
  const li = createLI(text)
  ul.appendChild(li)
  input.value = "";
});

3 Answers

varlevi
varlevi
8,113 Points
varlevi
varlevi
8,113 Points

From my understanding, e stands in for event. In fact often people declare 'e' as the word 'event' for clarity.

Alex Stine
Alex Stine
2,333 Points
Alex Stine
Alex Stine
2,333 Points

Here's some documentation on what you can access via DOM events.

https://www.w3schools.com/jsref/dom_obj_event.asp

Hope it helps.

Glaukio Llupo
Glaukio Llupo
9,552 Points
Glaukio Llupo
Glaukio Llupo
9,552 Points

Thanks everyone!!