Awesome - that makes sense. Thanks for the quick response!
On Feb 24, 6:27 pm, Guillermo Rauch <[email protected]> wrote: > oh, by window I mean a <div> overlay for example. > > > > > > On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 12:26 AM, Guillermo Rauch <[email protected]> wrote: > > Remember stop() does two things: prevent the default behavior from being > > triggered and stop the event propagation.I think your question points to > > when it's useful to stop the event propagation. A clear example would be if > > you have a window that has to be closed when you click on it, unless you > > click a button. That button has to 'stop' the propagation of the click event > > to the main window, otherwise 'click' will be triggered in the parent window > > too, and it'll be closed. > > > On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 12:22 AM, kiwibulldog <[email protected] > > > wrote: > > >> Hey all, > > >> I'm new to Javascript/Mootools and was wondering the importance of > >> stopping events via e.stop(). I know in some cases (like the 'click' > >> event on an <a> element stopping a browser from following a link) it > >> is necessary, but is it good practice to always stop events? > > >> Are there any cases when you would want to stop an event? > > >> Thanks, > >> Matt > > > -- > > Guillermo Rauch > >http://devthought.com > > -- > Guillermo Rauchhttp://devthought.com- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
