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  1. Web technology for developers
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  4. UIEvent.view
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  • Syntax
  • Specifications
  • Browser compatibility

UIEvent.view

The UIEvent.view read-only property returns the WindowProxy object from which the event was generated. In browsers, this is the Window object the event happened in.

Syntax

var view = event.view;
  • view is a reference to an AbstractView object.

Specifications

Specification
UI Events
# dom-uievent-view

Browser compatibility

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Last modified: Sep 14, 2021, by MDN contributors

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Related Topics

  1. UIEvent
  2. Constructor
    1. UIEvent()
  3. Properties
    1. detail
    2. layerX
    3. layerY
    4. sourceCapabilities
    5. view
    6. which
  4. Methods
    1. initUIEvent
  5. Events
    1. initUIEvent
  6. Inheritance:
    1. Event
  7. Related pages for DOM Events
    1. CompositionEvent
    2. Event
    3. EventListener
    4. EventTarget
    5. FocusEvent
    6. InputEvent
    7. KeyboardEvent
    8. MouseEvent
    9. MouseScrollEvent
    10. MutationEvent
    11. ProgressEvent
    12. WheelEvent
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