The bubbles read-only property of the Event interface indicates whether the event bubbles up through the DOM tree or not.
Note: See Event bubbling and capture for more information on bubbling.
Event.bubbles
Value
A boolean value, which is true if the event bubbles up through the DOM tree.
Example
function handleInput(e) { // Checks whether the event bubbles and ... if (!e.bubbles) { // ... passes the event along if does not passItOn(e); } // Already bubbling doOutput(e); }
Specifications
| Specification |
|---|
| DOM Standard # ref-for-dom-event-bubbles③ |
Browser compatibility
| Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari | WebView Android | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | |
bubbles |
1
|
12
|
1.5
|
9
|
≤12.1
|
1
|
≤37
|
18
|
4
|
≤12.1
|
1
|
1.0
|
See also
-
stopPropagation()to prevent further propagation of the current event in the capturing and bubbling phases -
stopImmediatePropagation()to not call any further listeners for the same event at the same level in the DOM -
preventDefault()to allow propagation to continue but to disallow the browser to perform its default action should no listeners handle the event
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