# event.type property

The `event.type` property contains the type of an event that occurred.

## Syntax

`event.type;`

## Example

In the following example, a click handler is attached to an element, so the event type will be `'click'`:

`<button id="elem">button</button>` `let elem = document.querySelector('#elem'); elem.addEventListener('click', function(event) { console.log(event.type); });`

The code execution result:

`'click'`

## Example

In the following example, a focus loss handler is bound to an input, so the event type will be `'blur'`:

`<input id="elem">` `let elem = document.querySelector('#elem'); elem.addEventListener('blur', function(event) { console.log(event.type); });`

The code execution result:

`'blur'`

## See also

- the `target` property
  that defines an element on which an event was assigned
- the `key` property
  that obtains an entered character
- the `code` property
  that obtains the code of a pressed key

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