Event

public interface Event implements Event

A DOM event, for example, mouse or keyboard event, provides access to the event data and methods to change the event behavior.

Inheritors

Functions

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public abstract Optional<EventTarget> currentTarget()
Returns an Optional that contains the event target that represents the element to which the event handler has been attached, otherwise an empty Optional.
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public abstract boolean isBubbles()
Returns true if the event bubbles up through the DOM, otherwise false.
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public abstract boolean isCancelable()
Returns true when the event can be canceled, and therefore prevented as if the event never happened.
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public abstract boolean isTrusted()
Returns true if the event is trusted, and therefore was generated by a user action.
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public abstract EventPhase phase()
Returns the event phase.
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public abstract void preventDefault()
Informs the browser that if the event is not explicitly handled, its default action should not be performed.
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public abstract void stopPropagation()
Informs the browser that the event should not propagate in the capturing and bubbling phases.
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public abstract Optional<EventTarget> target()
Returns an Optional that contains the element on which the event occurred if it exists, otherwise an empty Optional.
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public abstract EventType type()
Returns the event type.