Event.bubbles

The bubbles read-only property of the Event interface indicates whether the event bubbles up through the DOM or not.

Syntax

var doesItBubble = event.bubbles;

Value

A boolean value, which is true if the event bubbles up through the DOM.

Example

function handleInput(e) {
  // Checks whether the event bubbles and ...
  if (!e.bubbles) {
    // ... passes the event along if does not
    passItOn(e);
  }

  // Already bubbling
  doOutput(e);
}

Specifications

Browser compatibility

See also

• stopPropagation() to prevent further propagation of the current event in the capturing and bubbling phases
• stopImmediatePropagation() to not call any further listeners for the same event at the same level in the DOM
• preventDefault() to allow propagation to continue but to disallow the browser to perform its default action should no listeners handle the event