# event.currentTarget property

The `event.currentTarget` property contains the element an the event was assigned to. Unlike `event.target`, this is not the deepest tag in which the event happened, but the element to which it was attached. Most often, `event.currentTarget` is the same as `this`, but sometimes this may not be the case for some reason. In this case, you need `currentTarget`.

## Syntax

`event.currentTarget;`

## See also

- the `target` property
  that defines the element on which an event was assigned
- the `type` property
  that shows an event type

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