Check if event target is hyperlink

Question

I have a large div inside there which are smaller divs, achor tags and other elements. Each large div in my program is bound to \"mousedown\" event and inside the onMouseDown ha

Answer 1

You could check the tagName property, as said by @parthik-gosar. Another way is to use the instanceof operator to check the element class (hyperlinks are of type HTMLAnchorElement):

if (event.target instanceof HTMLAnchorElement) {
  console.log(event.target.href);
}