Event.eventPhase

The eventPhase read-only property of the Event interface indicates which phase of the event flow is currently being evaluated.

let phase = event.eventPhase;

Returns an integer value which specifies the current evaluation phase of the event flow. Possible values are listed in Event phase constants.

These values describe which phase the event flow is currently being evaluated.

For more details, see section 3.1, Event dispatch and DOM event flow, of the DOM Level 3 Events specification.

<h4>Event Propagation Chain</h4>
<ul>
  <li>Click 'd1'</li>
  <li>Analyze event propagation chain</li>
  <li>Click next div and repeat the experience</li>
  <li>Change Capturing mode</li>
  <li>Repeat the experience</li>
</ul>
<input type="checkbox" id="chCapture" />
<label for="chCapture">Use Capturing</label>
  <div id="d1">d1
    <div id="d2">d2
      <div id="d3">d3
        <div id="d4">d4</div>
      </div>
    </div>
  </div>
<div id="divInfo"></div>

div {
  margin: 20px;
  padding: 4px;
  border: thin black solid;
}

#divInfo {
  margin: 18px;
  padding: 8px;
  background-color:white;
  font-size:80%;
}

let clear = false,
    divInfo = null,
    divs = null,
    useCapture = false;

window.onload = function () {
  divInfo = document.getElementById('divInfo')
  divs = document.getElementsByTagName('div')
  chCapture = document.getElementById('chCapture')
  chCapture.onclick = function () {
    RemoveListeners()
    AddListeners()
  }
  Clear()
  AddListeners()
}

function RemoveListeners() {
  for (let i = 0; i < divs.length; i++) {
    let d = divs[i]
    if (d.id != "divInfo") {
      d.removeEventListener("click", OnDivClick, true)
      d.removeEventListener("click", OnDivClick, false)
    }
  }
}

function AddListeners() {
  for (let i = 0; i < divs.length; i++) {
    let d = divs[i]
    if (d.id != "divInfo") {
        if (chCapture.checked) {
            d.addEventListener("click", OnDivClick, true)
        }
        else {
            d.addEventListener("click", OnDivClick, false)
            d.onmousemove = function () { clear = true }
        }
    }
  }
}

function OnDivClick(e) {
  if (clear) {
    Clear()
    clear = false
  }
  if (e.eventPhase == 2)
    e.currentTarget.style.backgroundColor = 'red';
    const level =
        e.eventPhase == 0 ? "none" :
        e.eventPhase == 1 ? "capturing" :
        e.eventPhase == 2 ? "target" :
        e.eventPhase == 3 ? "bubbling" : "error";
    const p = document.createElement('p')
    p.textContent = `${e.currentTarget.id}; eventPhase: ${level}`;
    divInfo.appendChild(p);
}

function Clear() {
  for (let i = 0; i < divs.length; i++) {
    if (divs[i].id != "divInfo") {
      divs[i].style.backgroundColor = (i & 1) ? "#f6eedb" : "#cceeff"
    }
  }
  divInfo.textContent = '';
}