getEventTarget.js

/**
 * Copyright 2013 Facebook, Inc.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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 *
 * @providesModule getEventTarget
 * @typechecks static-only
 */

"use strict";

/**
 * Gets the target node from a native browser event by accounting for
 * inconsistencies in browser DOM APIs.
 *
 * @param {object} nativeEvent Native browser event.
 * @return {DOMEventTarget} Target node.
 */
function getEventTarget(nativeEvent) {
  var target = nativeEvent.target || nativeEvent.srcElement || window;
  // Safari may fire events on text nodes (Node.TEXT_NODE is 3).
  // @see http://www.quirksmode.org/js/events_properties.html
  return target.nodeType === 3 ? target.parentNode : target;
}

module.exports = getEventTarget;