How To Stop Event Propagation With Inline Onclick Attribute

admin_img Posted By Bajarangi soft , Posted On 09-10-2020

The stopPropagation() method is used to stop propagation of event calling i.e. the parent event is called we can stop the propagation of calling its children by using the stopPropagation() method and vice-versa.

Event Propagation With Inline

Use HTML DOM stopPropagation() method to stop the event from propagating with inline onclick attribute which is described below:
HTML DOM stop Propagation() Event method

Syntax:

event.stopPropagation()
Example 1: 
This example stops the event propagation by adding stopPropagation method on onclick the <span> element.
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
    <title>
        How to stop event propagation with
        inline onclick attribute
    </title>

    <style>
        div {
            background: #cba32d;
        }
        span {
            background: red;
            color: white;
        }
    </style>
</head>

<body style = "text-align:center;">

<h1 style = "color:#e8af4a;" >
  Bajarangi Soft
</h1>

<div onclick= "alert('you clicked the div')">
         <span onclick= "event.stopPropagation();
         alert('you clicked Span element(inside the div)');">
            Span Content
         </span>
</div>
</body>
</html>
Example 2: 
This example stops the event propagation by adding stopPropagation() method on onclick to the <span> element. 
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
    <title>
        How to stop event propagation with
        inline onclick attribute
    </title>

    <style>
        div {
            background: green;
        }
        span {
            background: red;
            color: white;
        }
    </style>
</head>

<body style = "text-align:center;">

<h1 style = "color:green;" >
    GeeksForGeeks
</h1>

<div onclick= "alert('you clicked the div')">
         <span onclick= "StopEventPropagation(event);
         alert('you clicked Span element(inside the div)');">
            Span Content
         </span>
</div>

<br>
<script>
    function StopEventPropagation(event) {
        if (event.stopPropagation) {
            event.stopPropagation();
        }
        else if(window.event) {
            window.event.cancelBubble=true;
        }
    }
</script>
</body>
</html>

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