Question

I’ve got a close button in a DIV, with both the DIV and the close button also having click() events attached to them. When I click the close button it also triggers the div click() event. I know I could put a SPAN inside the div and attach my click event to the span instead of the DIV, but is there a way I can keep both the div click event and the close button click event and not trigger the div click() when I click the close button?

<div id="sendFeedback" class="feedback with-round-borders with-padding with-box-shadows">Send us your feedback <span id="closeFeedback" class="ui-icon ui-icon-circle-close" style="float:right"></span></div>
<script>
$(document).ready(function() {
 $("#sendFeedback").click(function() {
   alert('test');
 });
$("#closeFeedback").click(function() {
 $("#sendFeedback").fadeOut();
})
});
</script>

http://jsfiddle.net/t5VPN/1/

Answer 1

Add event.stopPropagation() to the <span> click event handler:

$(document).ready(function() {
    $("#sendFeedback").click(function() {
        alert('test');
    });
    $("#closeFeedback").click(function(event) {
        event.stopPropagation();
        $("#sendFeedback").fadeOut();
    })
});

.stopPropagation() will stop the event from bubbling up to the div (or any other ancestor): http://api.jquery.com/event.stopPropagation/

Here is your jsfiddle updated: http://jsfiddle.net/jasper/t5VPN/2/