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JavaScript JavaScript and the DOM (Retiring) Responding to User Interaction Event Bubbling and Delegation

Pranav Mathur
Pranav Mathur
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Posted by Pranav Mathur
Pranav Mathur
3,419 Points

Bubbling works from bottom of DOM tree upto the top, then how does selecting parent .listDIV apply to all list elements?

In Bubbling, acting on a child element, affects the parent. How does acting on parent Div element affecting all list items work out?

2 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,271 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,271 Points

It's the other way around, acting on the li's affects the div.

In the code, the parent listDiv is selected for attaching the event handlers. That way, when you act on one of the list items inside it (the "children"), that event will bubble up to the parent listDiv and trigger the event handler.

So because of "bubbling", the action occurs in the children, but the event is handled at the parent.

Does that make it clear?

ywang04
ywang04
6,762 Points
ywang04
ywang04
6,762 Points

For example, if we set a click event handler on the body, our callback will trigger whenever any of its children are clicked. due to event bubbling. So if any of the list items, the paragraph, or headline elements are clicked, the callback will trigger in this example. This has been mentioned in this video.