Event: Allow constructing a jQuery.Event without a target

Fixes gh-3139
Closes gh-3140

2 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/event.js b/src/event.js
index ff0ab8493..d64b9b6cb 100644
--- a/src/event.js
+++ b/src/event.js
@@ -527,7 +527,7 @@ jQuery.Event = function( src, props ) {
 		// Create target properties
 		// Support: Safari <=6 - 7 only
 		// Target should not be a text node (#504, #13143)
-		this.target = ( src.target.nodeType === 3 ) ?
+		this.target = ( src.target && src.target.nodeType === 3 ) ?
 			src.target.parentNode :
 			src.target;
 
diff --git a/test/unit/event.js b/test/unit/event.js
index 99797061f..fef3b173e 100644
--- a/test/unit/event.js
+++ b/test/unit/event.js
@@ -2736,6 +2736,15 @@ QUnit.test( ".off() removes the expando when there's no more data", function( as
 	}
 } );
 
+QUnit.test( "jQuery.Event( src ) does not require a target property", function( assert ) {
+	assert.expect( 2 );
+
+	var event = jQuery.Event( { type: "offtarget" } );
+
+	assert.equal( event.type, "offtarget", "correct type" );
+	assert.equal( event.target, undefined, "no target" );
+} );
+
 QUnit.test( "preventDefault() on focusin does not throw exception", function( assert ) {
 	assert.expect( 1 );