What Does '(e)' Mean in JavaScript? - Event Handler Object Explained

The one thing that always confused me when I was learning JavaScript was what exactly the "e" or "ev" was when using events on things like button clicks or mouseovers - in this video, we take a look at how this object is useful for JavaScript coding.

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[dcode-software]

As a few people have pointed out, the parameter "e" can be named anything. Other common names for the event object parameter is "ev", "evt" or "event".

[naugustus]

Out of all the videos. I found this to be easiest and straight to the point. Thank you sir.

[sophiequin]

That's great! This is exactly what I needed to understand event.target. Thank you!

[kelofarrar]

Great video and advice! I was a little hazy on my full understanding of the Event object, now I full understand it!

[khlfff]

Great video man! Made this a lot clearer for me. Subscribed!

[DesignToDeploy]

I am searching for this finally I found it. Thank u so much.

[JoeyGuess]

Wow, very well explained. This helped a lot. Thank you!

[christopherlangley]

Thank you, this video made it easier to grasp the concept behind the event object

[sampreetkumar]

Thanks man straight to the point, solved my doubt.

[christianarroyo]

That was awesome. Thank you. When you showed console.log(e) and it was an object! my mind was blown

[jayteecollins]

well done explaining this! Keep it up❤

[tonelloalan]

Thanks for the simple and straight forward explanation!

[daprone]

Thank you bro, I was stuck with this, now you explained.

[karek]

you solved my code problem by uploading this short video just great 😎

[rahulshekar]

This was very confusing to me. Thanks a lot for clearing

[parmesanogood]

I'm spanish speaking, but i understood almost all you said.

[ALBDev]

Came here to tell you that you added an extra round bracket to the function in the thumbnail 😂😂😂. Nice tutorial btw.

[hwanhoonkim]

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[georgegeorgio]

I get a pointerEvent instead of mouseEvent is that wrong?