How to Convert event object to string in JavaScript?

Question

I am trying to get which event is occured ::

function getEvent(){
    alert(window.event);
}

I am getting below event object. I want it in string to compare. if event onclick event then I want to do the action. how can I get it in string? or how can I convert event object to string?

[object MouseEvent]

Answer 1

Use the type property. window.event.type

Answer 2

You'd probably want:

function getEvent(){
    alert(window.event.type);
}

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/DOM/event.type

Answer 3

you can easily get it by type like this

function getEvent(){
    alert(window.event.type);
}

More info here

http://www.quirksmode.org/js/events_access.html

http://www.quirksmode.org/js/events_properties.html