jQuery | event.relatedTarget Property with Example

The event.relatedTarget is an inbuilt property in jQuery that is used to find which element is being entered or gets exit on mouse movement.
Syntax:

event.relatedTarget

Parameter: It does not accept any parameter because it is a property not a function.
Return Value: It returns which element being entered or exited on mouse movement.

jQuery code to show the working of event.relatedTarget property:

<html> 
  
<head> 
    <script 
    src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"> 
    </script> 
    <script> 
        <!-- jQuery code to show working of this property -->
        $(document).ready(function() { 
            $("div, p").mouseenter(function(event) { 
                $("#d2").html("Pointer at : " + event.relatedTarget.nodeName); 
            }); 
        }); 
    </script> 
    <style> 
        #d1 { 
            height: 100px; 
            width: 50%; 
            padding: 10px; 
            border: 2px solid green; 
        } 
          
        #d2 { 
            height: 20px; 
            width: 50%; 
            padding: 10px; 
            margin-top: 10px; 
            border: 2px solid green; 
        } 
    </style> 
</head> 
  
<body> 
    <!-- this is outer div element -->
    <div id="d1"> 
        <!-- this is inner div element -->
        <div>This is a div element </div> 
        <!-- this is paragraph element -->
        <p style="background-color:lightgreen">This is a paragraph</p> 
    </div> 
    <div id="d2" /> 
</body> 
  
</html> 

Output:
Before mouse pointer is moved over the div element-

After mouse pointer is moved over the div element-

jQuery | event.relatedTarget Property with Example

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