Angular 2 prevent click on parent when clicked on child

This is known as Event Bubbling. Events are first handled by the innermost element and then propagate to the outer elements until they reach the root.

<div *ngFor="let item of userList">
  <div (click)="setUserData(item)">
    <a (click)="getUserDetails(item.user.id)">Name - {{item.user.name}}</a>
  </div>
</div>

In this case, when you click on username or tag, it will first call inner element i.e. getUserDetails() and the root element i.e. setUserData().

So, to prevent this event bubbling, just add

event.preventDefault();

in defination of getUserDetails($event) or

<a (click)="getUserDetails(item.user.id); $event.stopPropagation();">Name - {{item.user.name}}</a>

That's all you need to you.


Just you need to add $event.stopPropagation() code on Child div on click event

 <input  (click)="onChildClickFunction();$event.stopPropagation()"/>

You need to use stopPropagation() for checkbox event:

<input type="checkbox" [ngModel]="task.taskStatus" (ngModelChange)="changeTaskStatus($event);$event.stopPropagation()" />

It prevents further propagation of the current event in the capturing and bubbling phases. You can read more here. Also, you probably need to add stopPropagation() to click event of checkbox, but I'm not 100% sure:

<input type="checkbox" [ngModel]="task.taskStatus" (click)="$event.stopPropagation()" (ngModelChange)="changeTaskStatus($event)" />