# event.isImmediatePropagationStopped()

Categories: Events > Event Object

## event.isImmediatePropagationStopped() Returns: Boolean

Description: Returns whether event.stopImmediatePropagation() was ever called on this event object.

- #### version added: 1.3event.isImmediatePropagationStopped()

This property was introduced in DOM level 3.

### Example:

#### Checks whether event.stopImmediatePropagation() was called.

    <!DOCTYPE html>
    <html>
    <head>
      <script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.7rc2.js"></script>
    </head>
    <body>

      <button>click me</button>
      <div id="stop-log"></div>

    <script>

    function immediatePropStopped(e) {
      var msg = "";
      if ( e.isImmediatePropagationStopped() ) {
        msg =  "called"
      } else {
        msg = "not called";
      }
      $("#stop-log").append( "<div>" + msg + "</div>" );
    }

    $("button").click(function(event) {
      immediatePropStopped(event);
      event.stopImmediatePropagation();
      immediatePropStopped(event);
    });
    </script>

    </body>
    </html>

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