Bug with event.stopImmediatePropagation() or documentation

[t.rainbolt@…]

There is either a bug with (event.stopImmediatePropagation()) or the documentation needs clarification.

1. event.stopImmediatePropagation() does not prevent all handlers from firing. Only handlers of the 'same' type as the handler that called the function.

2. Or you have not specified in the documentation correctly if this is not a bug.

Please review: ​http://jsfiddle.net/XhqeG/

[dmethvin]

So what wording would you propose? True to its name, .stopImmediatePropagation() does stop the propagation of the current event so that no other handlers fire. Why would it affect *other* events? The jQuery documentation is generally meant to be used by developers with an understanding of the W3C event model, and there is nothing in the standard about this.

[t.rainbolt@…]

If I have 2 event handlers and I put a condition in the first one that makes it so the next shouldn't fire [using event.stopImmediatePropagation()] then that's what I expect.

$(this).on('mousedown', function(event){ 
	if( foo == 'bar'){ 
		event.stopImmediatePropagation(); 
	} 
}).on('click', function(event){
	if(foo == 'bar'){
		alert('I should never alert!');
	}
});

FROM THE DOCUMENTATION:

Description: Keeps the rest of the handlers from being executed and prevents the event from bubbling up the DOM tree.

This is incorrect. It only keeps handlers of the same event type from being executed.

[scottgonzalez]

These are two different events that happen to be caused by the same user action. You've stopped the propagation of mousedown, so the rest of the handlers for mousedown do not execute. After mousedown completes, a click event starts. You have not done anything on the click event to stop propagation.

The code is working correctly. You can try the exact same thing with native DOM events.

@dmethvin has asked you what update you would like to see in the wording, but so far you haven't suggested any changes.

[anonymous]

You said it in your reply.

You've stopped the propagation of mousedown

This is what is 'not' clear. I'm expecting 'all' handlers from being executed. Clearly it is not stopping 'all,' just all of the same event type.

It should read:

Keeps the rest of the handlers of the same event type from being executed and prevents the event from bubbling up the DOM tree.

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[t.rainbolt@…]

My comment was added above, however, I forgot to include my email address so it was set to 'anonymous.' Please see above (comment 4).