Two OnClick events overlap

Question

I have an element inside an element, when I click the element underneath I want the slider to open. When I click on the outermost element I want the slider to close.

Unfortunately when I click on the outermost it clicks the underneath element as well. Is there a way to click only on the outermost element ignoring the click on the underneath element? The events are triggered on click and executed with javascript.

I tried with z-index but it still captures the underneath element clicked as well, and because the functions are contrary to one another nothing happens.

edit: on a "code is worth 1000 words" tip

var $target = $(this).data('pos', i) //give each li an index #
    $target.data('hpaneloffsetw', $target.find('.hpanel:eq(0)').outerWidth()) //get offset width of each .hpanel DIV (config.dimensions.fullw + any DIV padding)
    $target[haccordion.ismobile? "click" : "mouseenter"](function(){
        haccordion.expandli(config.accordionid, this)
        config.$lastexpanded=$(this)
    })

    if (config.collapsecurrent){ //if previous content should be contracted when expanding current
        $('.close').click(function(){
            $target.stop().animate({width:config.paneldimensions.peekw}, config.speed) //contract previous content
        })
        $target.dblclick(function(){
            $(this).stop().animate({width:config.paneldimensions.peekw}, config.speed) //contract previous content
        })
    }

Because the code is borrowed, I don't understand much of it. But basically I want the "click" : "mousteenter" function to work on click, without interfering with the .close().click

Answer 1

It sounds like you need to stop the click event bubbling up the DOM to be caught by parent elements. You can use stopPropagation() to do this:

$('.close').click(function(e) {
    e.stopPropagation();
    $target.stop().animate({ width: config.paneldimensions.peekw }, config.speed);
})
$target.dblclick(function(e) {
    e.stopPropagation();
    $(this).stop().animate({ width: config.paneldimensions.peekw }, config.speed);
})