Archive for August, 2014

Method 1
Stop propagation on inner elements before attaching an event on the parent.

$('#parent a').on('click', function(event){
  //stop the event bubbling up to the parent
  event.stopPropagation();
});

$('#parent').on('click', function(event){
  //attach event on the parent
  alert('Parent element clicked!');	
});

Method 2
Check if the event target matches the designated target.

$('#parent').on('click', function(event) {
  if(event.target == event.currentTarget) {
    alert('Parent element clicked!');
  } else {
    alert('Child element clicked!');
  }
});

Method 2.1
Check if the tag name of the event target matches a certain element.

$('#parent').on('click', function(event){
  if(event.target.tagName.toLowerCase() === 'a'){
    alert('Child anchor element clicked!');
  } else {
    alert('Parent element clicked!');
  }
});