jQuery/JS Common - Object Structures - EventObject

Describes EventObject, a counterpart of the jQuery.Event to be used without jQuery.

Fields

Fields that provide information about the event.

In addition to the fields described in this section, EventObject contains native JavaScript event properties.

Methods

Methods that control the event.

Name Description
isDefaultPrevented()

Checks if the preventDefault() method was called on this event object.
isImmediatePropagationStopped()

Checks if the stopImmediatePropagation() method was called on this event object.
isPropagationStopped()

Checks if the stopPropagation() method was called on this event object.
preventDefault()

Prevents the event's default action from triggering.
stopImmediatePropagation()

Stops the event's propagation up the DOM tree, preventing the rest of the handlers from being executed.
stopPropagation()

Stops the event's propagation up the DOM tree, keeping parent handlers unnotified of the event.