Example
When clicking on a button, execute the first event handler, and stop the rest of the event handlers from being executed:
var x =
document.getElementById("myBtn");
x.addEventListener("click",
myFunction);
x.addEventListener("click", someOtherFunction);
function myFunction(event) {
alert ("Hello World!");
event.stopImmediatePropagation();
}
// This function will not be
executed
function someOtherFunction() {
alert ("I will not get to say Hello World");
}
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Definition and Usage
The stopImmediatePropagation() method prevents other listeners of the same event from being called.
Browser Support
The numbers in the table specify the first browser version that fully supports the method.
| Method | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| stopImmediatePropagation() | Yes | 9.0 | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Syntax
event.stopImmediatePropagation()
Parameters
| None |
Technical Details
| Return Value: | No return value |
|---|---|
| DOM Version: | DOM Level 3 Events |
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