modify event data during propagation

Question

Is there any way of attaching data to a jQuery event object as it propagates up the DOM?

To clarify, if you have three nested divs, each with a click event listener

Answer 1

Although you cannot attach data directly to the event, you could still attach data to the targetElement via jQuery's data():

$('div').click(function(e) {
    var info = $(e.target).data('info') || '';
    $(e.target).data('info', info + ' ' + $(this).attr('class'));
});

Here's the fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/eKVmU/