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event.target vs event.currentTarget

Posted on May 26, 2018

 A good explanation of target vs currentTarget

• target is whatever you actually clicked on. It can vary, as this can be within an element that the event was bound to.
• currentTarget is the element you actually bound the event to. This will never change.

If you are clicking a component and the onClick is on the parent but are getting back the child,  try currentTarget

explanation from here