{"json_modified": "2016-03-28T08:47:27.641163", "uuid": "0feb497a-763c-4811-a4d9-8f1e0353795e", "title": "Touch.target", "url": "/en-US/docs/Web/API/Touch/target", "tags": ["API", "touch", "EventTarget", "Property", "Mobile", "DOM"], "translations": [], "modified": "2016-03-02T14:50:53", "label": "Touch.target", "localization_tags": [], "locale": "en-US", "id": 164533, "last_edit": "2016-03-02T14:50:50", "summary": "Returns the <a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/API/Element\" title=\"The Element interface represents an object of a Document. This interface describes methods and properties common to all kinds of elements. Specific behaviors are described in interfaces which inherit from Element but add additional functionality.\"><code>Element</code></a> (<a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/API/EventTarget\" title=\"EventTarget is an interface implemented by objects that can receive events and may have listeners for them.\"><code>EventTarget</code></a>) on which the touch contact started when it was first placed on the surface, even if the touch point has since moved outside the interactive area of that element or even been removed from the document. Note that if the target element is removed from the document, events will still be targeted at it, and hence won't necessarily bubble up to the window or document anymore. If there is any risk of an element being removed while it is being touched, the best practice is to attach the touch listeners directly to the target.", "sections": [{"id": "Quick_Links", "title": null}, {"id": "Summary", "title": "Summary"}, {"id": "Syntax", "title": "Syntax"}, {"id": "Return_Value", "title": "Return value"}, {"id": "Example", "title": "Example"}, {"id": "Specifications", "title": "Specifications"}, {"id": "Browser_compatibility", "title": "Browser compatibility"}], "slug": "Web/API/Touch/target", "review_tags": ["technical"]}