srcElement Property

Retrieves the object that fired the event.

Syntax

HTML	N/A
Scripting	[ oObject = ] event.srcElement

Possible Values

oObject

Object that fired the event.

The property is read-only with no default value.

Example

The following example retrieves the parent object (if needed), creates the text range, moves to the original object, and selects the first word in the object.

Sample Code

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JScript">
function selectWord() {
    var oSource = window.event.srcElement ;
    if (!oSource.isTextEdit) 
        oSource = window.event.srcElement.parentTextEdit;
    if (oSource != null) {
        var oTextRange = oSource.createTextRange();
        oTextRange.moveToElementText(window.event.srcElement);
        oTextRange.collapse();
        oTextRange.expand("word");
        oTextRange.select();
    }
}
</SCRIPT>

Applies To

HTML N/A Scripting event

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