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IQ: React event object: Synthetic event

IQ: React event object: Synthetic event

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IQ: React event object: Synthetic event

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So, the first question is what is a synthetic event in ReactJS? A synthetic event is a wrapper around the native browser event object which is passed to every event handler automatically. Here we do not have to pass the event object manually. This object is automatically received as a parameter to the function which is passed directly in any event in JSX. Let's say we have a button which has an onclick event and here we have passed the handleClick function. And when the handleClick function is called, it will receive the reference of the event i.e. e in the parameter. Here you can name the synthetic event whatever you want. However, we ideally see the use of name e for synthetic event. The next question is, how can we get the content of the element clicked? To get the content of the element which is clicked, we can handle the click event by giving the onClick attribute and the event handler will receive the synthetic event. So, in the synthetic event, there is a property called target…

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