# Target

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/target/305726>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [March 2, 2010, 6:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/target/305726 "2010-03-02T18:32:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![alemieux34](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ea924/32.png) [@alemieux34](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/alemieux34)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2010, 6:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/target/305726/1 "2010-03-02T18:32:39Z")

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Quick question, what’s the different between these:

e.target  
e.content  
e.currentTarget

???

I get the basic concept, you’re targeting the object that you want to use from the listener in the function. But when do you use which?