Javascript/jQuery - How do I obtain name of the class of clicked element?

Question

I googled and googled and I concluded that it\'s very hard to get answer on my own.

I am trying to use jquery or JavaScript to get a property of clicked element. I c

Answer 1

There's a way to do this without coding. Just open the console of your browser (f12?) and go to element you want. After that, hover or click the item you want to track.

Every change done on the DOM will be for a few seconds marked (or lightened) as another color on the console. (Watch the screen capture)

On the example, each time I hover a "colorItem", the 'div' parent and the "colorItem" class appears lightened. So in this case the clicked class will be 'swiper-model-watch' or 'swiper-container' (class of the lightened div)