FAQ: Traversing the DOM - Children

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This community-built FAQ covers the “Children” exercise from the lesson “Traversing the DOM”.

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Web Development

Introduction to jQuery

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I don’t fully understand this

  $('.shoe-details li').on('click', event => {
    $(event.currentTarget).addClass('active');

ChatGPT says

[…] event.target refers to the element that was actually clicked or interacted with, while event.currentTarget refers to the element that the listener is attached to.

But the event listener is attached to .shoe-details li. Shouldn’t all lis get active then? Does $('.shoe-details li').on /* ... */ $(event.currentTarget) mean “current li element”? What if it was $('.shoe-details').on? Would the entire class get active, no matter what exact element is clicked?