Lightning Aura Components Developer Guide

What Is the Lightning Component Framework?
Quick Start
Creating Components
Using Components
Communicating with Events
Communicating Across the DOM with Lightning Message Service
Creating Apps
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Developing Secure Code
Using JavaScript
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Testing Components with Lightning Testing Service
Debugging
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Reference
Component Library
System Tag Reference
JavaScript API
$A namespace
Action
AuraLocalizationService
Component
Event
fire()
getEventType()
getName()
getParam()
getParams()
getPhase()
getSource()
getSourceEvent()
getType()
pause()
preventDefault()
resume()
setParam()
setParams()
stopPropagation()
Util
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getEventType()

Returns the type of the event. Possible values are 'COMPONENT' or 'APPLICATION'.

Signature

getEventType()

Returns

Type: String
The event type.