# The Dangers of Stopping Event Propagation

DevFeed: [The Dangers of Stopping Event Propagation](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/the-dangers-of-stopping-event-propagation-29526.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://philipwalton.com/articles/the-dangers-of-stopping-event-propagation/>)

Published: 2014-05-20T13:32:55Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Philip Walton](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/philip-walton.md>)

Topics: [Document Object Model (DOM)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/dom.md>), [Web Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/web-development.md>), [bug](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/bug.md>)

Tags: [article](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/article.md>), [bugs](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/bugs.md>)

## AI overview

The article explains how stopping event propagation in the DOM can prevent other event handlers from running, creating unpredictable behavior and difficult bugs, especially when the cause is a third-party library.

## Source excerpt

One of the most annoying bugs I've ever had deal with happened at my previous company. In one of our apps there was a "what's new" button in the top left. When you clicked on the button it would display a dropdown of newly added features, and when you clicked anywhere else on the page the dropdown would go away--except it didn't.