Web/API/UIEvent/cancelBubble

Non-standard This feature is non-standard and is not on a standards track. Do not use it on production sites facing the Web: it will not work for every user. There may also be large incompatibilities between implementations and the behavior may change in the future.

DeprecatedThis feature is no longer recommended. Though some browsers might still support it, it may have already been removed from the relevant web standards, may be in the process of being dropped, or may only be kept for compatibility purposes. Avoid using it, and update existing code if possible; see the compatibility table at the bottom of this page to guide your decision. Be aware that this feature may cease to work at any time.

The UIEvent.cancelBubble property indicates if event bubbling for this event has been canceled or not. It is set to false by default, allowing the event to bubble up the DOM, if it is a bubbleable event. Setting this property to true stops the event from bubbling up the DOM. Not all events are allowed to bubble up the DOM.

Use Event.stopPropagation() instead of this non-standard method.

Syntax

event.cancelBubble = bool;
var bool = event.cancelBubble;

Specifications

This property is not part of any specification. Although the similar Event.cancelBubble property was included in an old Working Draft of W3C DOM Level 2. Microsoft has a description of it on MSDN.

Browser compatibility

The compatibility table on this page is generated from structured data. If you'd like to contribute to the data, please check out https://github.com/mdn/browser-compat-data and send us a pull request.

Update compatibility data on GitHub

	Desktop						Mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari	Android webview	Chrome for Android	Firefox for Android	Opera for Android	Safari on iOS	Samsung Internet
cancelBubble Deprecated'Non-standard'	Chrome Full support Yes	Edge Full support 12	Firefox Full support Yes	IE Full support Yes	Opera Full support Yes	Safari Full support Yes	WebView Android Full support Yes	Chrome Android Full support Yes	Firefox Android Full support Yes	Opera Android Full support Yes	Safari iOS Full support Yes	Samsung Internet Android Full support Yes
Implemented on Event	Chrome ?	Edge Full support ≤18	Firefox Full support 53	IE ?	Opera ?	Safari ?	WebView Android ?	Chrome Android ?	Firefox Android Full support 53	Opera Android ?	Safari iOS ?	Samsung Internet Android ?

Legend

Full support  

Full support

Compatibility unknown  

Compatibility unknown

Non-standard. Expect poor cross-browser support.'

Non-standard. Expect poor cross-browser support.

Deprecated. Not for use in new websites.'

Deprecated. Not for use in new websites.

See also

• Event.cancelBubble

UIEvent.cancelBubble by Mozilla Contributors is licensed under CC-BY-SA 2.5.