does e.stopPropagation() in jquery works on anchor tag

Question

i want prevent eventpropogation from element inside an anchor tag i m trying to use e.stopPropagation(); it doesn't seem to work is it possible or i m just wasting time please help me out of here javascript is:

$(document).ready(function(){
    $('.alink .p').click(function(e){
    alert("hi");
    e.stopPropagation();  
});

html is :

<div>
    <a href="http://google.com" class="alink" >Google links
          <p class="p">Another Links to prevent default</p>
    </a>
</div>

thanks for your precious time

Answer 1

event.stopPropagation() stops passing the event to handlers further away in DOM structure from the element, on which originally event was triggered. It does not, although, prevent action that has already been triggered.

You should use event.preventDefault() to stop mentioned above default action.

Sources:

• event.preventDefault()
• event.stopPropagation()