Event: stopPropagation() method

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since September 2021.

Note: This feature is available in Web Workers.

The stopPropagation() method of the Event interface prevents further propagation of the current event in the capturing and bubbling phases. It does not, however, prevent any default behaviors from occurring; for instance, clicks on links are still processed. If you want to stop those behaviors, see the preventDefault() method. It also does not prevent propagation to other event-handlers of the current element. If you want to stop those, see stopImmediatePropagation().

Syntax

js
event.stopPropagation()

Parameters

None.

Return value

None.

Examples

See Event Propagation. Also see the example at stopImmediatePropagation()

Specifications

Specification
DOM Standard
# ref-for-dom-event-stoppropagation①

Browser compatibility

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