UIEvent.view

The UIEvent.view read-only property returns the WindowProxy object from which the event was generated. In browsers, this is the Window object the event happened in.

Syntax

var view = event.view;

• view is a reference to an AbstractView object.

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
Document Object Model (DOM) Level 3 Events Specification The definition of 'UIEvent' in that specification.	Working Draft	From Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 Events Specification, changed the type of view from AbstractView to WindowProxy.
Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 Events Specification The definition of 'UIEvent' in that specification.	Recommendation	Initial definition.

Browser compatibility