event.result

Categories: Events > Event Object

event.resultReturns: Object

Description: The last value returned by an event handler that was triggered by this event, unless the value was undefined.

  • version added: 1.3event.result

This property can be useful for getting previous return values of custom events.

Example:

Display previous handler's return value

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<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <title>event.result demo</title>
  <script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.7.1.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
 
<button>display event.result</button>
<p></p>
 
<script>
$( "button" ).on( "click", function( event ) {
  return "hey";
});
$( "button" ).on( "click", function( event ) {
  $( "p" ).html( event.result );
});
</script>
 
</body>
</html>

Demo: