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 −
Here is the simple syntax to use this method −
event.isImmediatePropagationStopped()
Here is the description of all the parameters used by this method −
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Following is a simple example a simple showing the usage of this method −
<html> <head> <title>The jQuery Example</title> <script type = "text/javascript" src = "https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.3/jquery.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>
This will produce following result −