Difference between e.target and e.currentTarget

Question

I don\'t understand the difference, they both seem the same but I guess they are not.

Any examples of when to use one or the other would be appreciated.

Answer 1

It's worth noting that event.target can be useful, for example, for using a single listener to trigger different actions. Let's say you have the typical "menu" sprite with 10 buttons inside, so instead of doing:

menu.button1.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, doAction1);
menu.button2.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, doAction2);
etc...

You can simply do:

menu.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, doAction);

And trigger a different action within doAction(event) depending on the event.target (using it's name property, etc...)