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teminateEvent : Stops bubbling-up and propogation of events in EventHandlers.
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terminateEvent = function(event){ | |
event.stopPropagation(); // Stops Bubbling up to Ancestor elements | |
event.preventDefault(); // Stops the default action Eg : Redirecting to a "href" for anchor element | |
return false; | |
} | |
$("#anchor-element").click( function(event){ | |
//Do something | |
return terminateEvent(); | |
}); | |
//------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |
/* Example => | |
http://jsfiddle.net/4b64z/2/ | |
<!--- HTML ---> | |
<div id="parent-element"> | |
<a href="www.google.com" id="element1"> Button1 </a> | |
<a href="www.google.com" id="element2" onclick="func2(event)"> Button2 </a> | |
</div> | |
// JAVASCRIPT | |
func = function(event){ | |
// DO something | |
return terminateEvent(event); | |
} | |
func2 = function(e){ | |
return terminateEvent(e); | |
} | |
terminateEvent = function(event){ | |
event.stopPropagation(); | |
event.preventDefault(); | |
return false; | |
} | |
$("#tagid").click(func); | |
$("#parent-element").click(function(event){ console.log("Parent-element Clicked"); }); | |
*/ |
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