Learning jQuery Event Object

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All events when fired return the event object as the first parameter of your callback. The event object has many helpful properties (event.target, event.pageX/Y, event.preventDefault(), event.stopPropagation(), event.which, etc) event.stopPropagation() vs event.preventDefault() return false calls both but can be problematic (js errors don’t get to return false)

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