<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.12.2/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script>
$(document).ready(function(){
$("div").click(function(event){
event.stopPropagation();
alert("Was event.stopPropagation() called: " + event.isPropagationStopped());
});
});
</script>
</head>
<body>
<div style="height:100px;width:300px;padding:10px;border:1px solid blue;background-color:lightblue;">Click on this div element.</div>
</body>
</html>