entries/event.isPropagationStopped.xml

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<entry type="method" name="event.isPropagationStopped" return="Boolean">
  <title>event.isPropagationStopped()</title>
  <signature>
    <added>1.3</added>
  </signature>
  <desc>  Returns whether <a href="/event.stopPropagation/">event.stopPropagation()</a> was ever called on this event object. </desc>
  <longdesc>
    <p>This event method is described in the <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/2003/WD-DOM-Level-3-Events-20030331/events.html#Events-Event-isPropagationStopped">W3C DOM Level 3 specification</a>.</p>
  </longdesc>
  <example>
    <desc>Checks whether event.stopPropagation() was called</desc>
    <code><![CDATA[
function propStopped( event ) {
  var msg = "";
  if ( event.isPropagationStopped() ) {
    msg = "called";
  } else {
    msg = "not called";
  }
  $( "#stop-log" ).append( "<div>" + msg + "</div>" );
}

$( "button" ).click(function(event) {
  propStopped( event );
  event.stopPropagation();
  propStopped( event );
});
]]></code>
    <html><![CDATA[
<button>click me</button>
<div id="stop-log"></div>
  ]]></html>
  </example>
  <category slug="events/event-object"/>
  <category slug="version/1.3"/>
</entry>