jQuery: Display the tag name on click

Last update on July 23 2025 12:34:19 (UTC/GMT +8 hours)

jQuery Events : Exercise-13 with Solution

Display the tag's name on click.

Sample Data :

<body>
<h1>Heading1</h1>
<h2>Heading2</h2>  
<p>Paragraph</p>
<button>Button</button>
<div id="log"></div>  
</body>

Solution:

HTML Code :


<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<script src="//code.jquery.com/jquery-1.11.1.min.js"></script>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <title>Display the tag's name on click</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Heading1</h1>
<h2>Heading2</h2>  
<p>Paragraph</p>
<button>Button</button>
<div id="log"></div>  
</body>
</html>

JavaScript Code :


$( "body" ).click(function( event ) {
  $( "#log" ).html( "Clicked a  " + event.target.nodeName );
});

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