jQuery Event How to - Handle single event for nested element

Question

We would like to know how to handle single event for nested element.

Answer


<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<script type='text/javascript'
  src='http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.7.2/jquery.min.js'></script>
<style type='text/css'>
span {<!--from   ww w  .  j  av a 2s  .  c om-->
  display: block
}
</style>
<script type='text/javascript'>
$(window).load(function(){
    $(document).ready(function() {  
        $('span').on('click', function(e) {
            e.preventDefault();
            e.stopPropagation();
            console.log("click"); 

        });
    });
});
</script>
</head>
<body>
  <span> 1 <span> 1.1 <span> 1.1.1 </span>
  </span>
  </span>
</body>
</html>

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