DOM Enlightenment Book

HTML

<script src="https://getfirebug.com/firebug-lite-debug.js"></script>
<div>click me</div>





























<h4 style="border-top:1px solid #ADADAD;padding-top:20px;margin-top:20px;"><strong>&larr; Code Example from <a href="http://www.domenlightenment.com/" target="_blank">DOM Enlightenment Book</a> by <a href="http://www.codylindley.com" target="_blank">Cody Lindley</a></strong></h4>

<p style="background-color:#fff">JavaScript code is executed on page load. Click the "Run" button in the top bar to re-run the JavaScript code. All <code>console.log()'s</code> are logged to the <a href="http://getfirebug.com/firebuglite" target="_blank">Firebug Lite</a> console below &darr;.</p>

JavaScript

document.querySelector('div').addEventListener('click',function(){
console.log('me too, but nothing from the event flow!');
},false);

document.querySelector('div').addEventListener('click',function(event){
console.log('invoked all click events attached, but cancel capture and bubble event phases');
event.stopPropagation();
},false);

document.querySelector('div').addEventListener('click',function(){
console.log('me too, but nothing from the event flow!');
},false);

/*when the <div> is clicked this event is not invoked because one of the events attached to the <div> stops the capture and bubble flow*/
document.body.addEventListener('click',function(){
console.log('What, denied I am from being invoked! Bubble');
},false);

document.body.addEventListener('click',function(){
console.log('What, denied I am from being invoked! Capture');
},true);