<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>

<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="example.css">
</head>

<body>
  A click shows both <code>event.target</code> and <code>this</code> to compare:

  <form id="form">FORM
    <div>DIV
      <p>P</p>
    </div>
  </form>

  <script src="script.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
form {
  background-color: green;
  position: relative;
  width: 150px;
  height: 150px;
  text-align: center;
  cursor: pointer;
}

div {
  background-color: blue;
  position: absolute;
  top: 25px;
  left: 25px;
  width: 100px;
  height: 100px;
}

p {
  background-color: red;
  position: absolute;
  top: 25px;
  left: 25px;
  width: 50px;
  height: 50px;
  line-height: 50px;
  margin: 0;
}

body {
  line-height: 25px;
  font-size: 16px;
}
form.onclick = function(event) {
  event.target.style.backgroundColor = 'yellow';

  // chrome needs some time to paint yellow
  setTimeout(() => {
    alert("target = " + event.target.tagName + ", this=" + this.tagName);
    event.target.style.backgroundColor = ''
  }, 0);
};

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