event.target

Overview

event.target is a direct reference to the display object associated with the touch event. This value will be nil if this was called by a Runtime touch event.

This is most commonly used with function listeners, as table listeners will normally reference the touched object using self instead.

Example

local object = display.newImage( "ball.png" )

local function onObjectTouch( event )
    if ( event.phase == "began" ) then
        display.getCurrentStage():setFocus( event.target )
        event.target.isFocus = true

    elseif ( event.target.isFocus ) then
        if ( event.phase == "moved" ) then
            print( "moved phase" )

        elseif ( event.phase == "ended" or event.phase == "cancelled" ) then
            display.getCurrentStage():setFocus( nil )
            event.target.isFocus = false
        end
    end

    return true
end
object:addEventListener( "touch", onObjectTouch )