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stopPropagation vs. stopImmediatePropagation

Asked 2011-03-14T14:12:09.320
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What's the difference between event.stopPropagation() and event.stopImmediatePropagation()?

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A small example to demonstrate how both these propagation stoppages work.

var state = {
  stopPropagation: false,
  stopImmediatePropagation: false
};

function handlePropagation(event) {
  if (state.stopPropagation) {
    event.stopPropagation();
  }

  if (state.stopImmediatePropagation) {
    event.stopImmediatePropagation();
  }
}

$("#child").click(function(e) {
  handlePropagation(e);
  console.log("First event handler on #child");
});


$("#child").click(function(e) {
  handlePropagation(e);
  console.log("Second event handler on #child");
});

// First this event will fire on the child element, then propogate up and
// fire for the parent element.
$("div").click(function(e) {
  handlePropagation(e);
  console.log("Event handler on div: #" + this.id);
});


// Enable/disable propogation
$("button").click(function() {
  var objectId = this.id;
  $(this).toggleClass('active');
  state[objectId] = $(this).hasClass('active');
  console.log('---------------------');
});
div {
  padding: 1em;
}

#parent {
  background-color: #CCC;
}

#child {
  background-color: #000;
  padding: 5em;
}

button {
  padding: 1em;
  font-size: 1em;
}

.active {
  background-color: green;
  color: white;
}
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div id="parent">
  <div id="child">&nbsp;</div>
</div>

<button id="stopPropagation">Stop Propogation</button>
<button id="stopImmediatePropagation" ">Stop Immediate Propogation</button>
                        
                        
answered 2012-03-26T22:37:39.627

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