# event.relatedTarget

Categories: Events > Event Object

## event.relatedTarget Returns: Element

Description: The other DOM element involved in the event, if any.

- #### version added: 1.1.4event.relatedTarget

For `mouseout`, indicates the element being entered; for `mouseover`, indicates the element being exited.

### Example:

#### On mouseout of anchors, alert the element type being entered.

    $("a").mouseout(function(event) {
      alert(event.relatedTarget.nodeName); // "DIV"
    });