event.isPropagationStopped()

Returns whether event.stopPropagation() was ever called on this event object.

.event.isPropagationStopped()🡢 Boolean

This event method is described in the W3C DOM Level 3 specification.

Checks whether event.stopPropagation() was called

JS
<button>click me</button>
<div id="stop-log"></div>
HTML
function propStopped(event) {
  var msg = "";
  if (event.isPropagationStopped()) {
    msg = "called";
  } else {
    msg = "not called";
  }
  $("#stop-log").append("<div>" + msg + "</div>");
}

$("button").click(function (event) {
  propStopped(event);
  event.stopPropagation();
  propStopped(event);
});
DEMO

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