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// Stop click on from propagating to

. // If you comment out the line below, //the click event attached to the div will also be invoked. event.stopPropagation(); }); })(jQuery); In the code example above, the event handler attached to the

element will not be triggered. Cancelling default behavior and event propagation via return false Returning false—e.g. return false—is the equivalent of using both preventDefault() and stopPropagation(). Sample: sample75.html click me If you were to comment out the return false statement in the code above, alert() would get invoked because by default the browser will execute the value of the href. Also, the page would navigate to jQuery.com due to event bubbling. 78