jQuery - isImmediatePropagationStopped() Method

Description:

The isImmediatePropagationStopped() method checks whether event.stopImmediatePropagation() was ever called on this event object.

This method returns true in case event.stopImmediatePropagation() method has already been called, otherwise it returns false −

Syntax:

Here is the simple syntax to use this method −

event.isImmediatePropagationStopped()

Parameters:

Here is the description of all the parameters used by this method −

Example:

Following is a simple example a simple showing the usage of this method −

<html>
<head>
<title>the title</title>
   <script type="text/javascript" 
   src="/jquery/jquery-1.3.2.min.js">
      </script>
   <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript">
   
   $(document).ready(function() {

      $("div").click(function(event){

          if ( event.isImmediatePropagationStopped() ){
             alert( "Event bubbling is disabled - 1" );
          }else{
             alert( "Event bubbling is enabled - 1" );
          }
          event.stopImmediatePropagation();
          if ( event.isImmediatePropagationStopped() ){
             alert( "Event bubbling is disabled - 2" );
          }else{
             alert( "Event bubbling is enabled - 2" );
          }

      });

   });
   </script>
   <style>
      div{ margin:10px;padding:12px;
             border:2px solid #666;
             width:160px;
           }
  </style>
</head>
<body>
   <p>Click on any box to see the result:</p>
   <div id="div1" style="background-color:blue;">
       BOX 1
  </div>
  <div id="div2" style="background-color:red;">
       BOX 2
  </div> 
</body>
</html>

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