Event: originalTarget property

Non-standard: This feature is non-standard and is not on a standards track. Do not use it on production sites facing the Web: it will not work for every user. There may also be large incompatibilities between implementations and the behavior may change in the future.

Note: This feature is available in Web Workers.

The read-only originalTarget property of the Event interface returns the original target of the event before any retargetings. Unlike Event.explicitOriginalTarget it can also be native anonymous content.

Specifications

This is a Mozilla-specific property and is not part of any current specification. It is not on track to become a standard.

Browser compatibility

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desktopmobileserver
Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Opera
Safari
Chrome Android
Firefox for Android
Opera Android
Safari on iOS
Samsung Internet
WebView Android
WebView on iOS
Deno
Node.js
originalTarget
Non-standard

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Full support
Full support
No support
No support
Non-standard. Check cross-browser support before using.