SO fiddle

Test Fiddle mainly for SO Questions

by Nick Craver

HTML

<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.8.4/themes/overcast/jquery-ui.css">
<div id='div1'>
  <div id='div2'>
  </div>
</div>

CSS

div { padding: 50px; border: solid 1px #ddd; }

JavaScript

$('div').bind('click', function(event){
  alert(event.target.id);
  event.stopPropagation();
});