How to continue event propagation after cancelling?

Question

When a user clicks a certain link I would like to present them with a confirmation dialog. If they click \"Yes\" I would like to continue the original navigation. One catch:

Answer 1

I solved problem by this way on one of my projects. This example works with some basic event handling like clicks etc. Handler for confirmation must be first handler bound.

    // This example assumes clickFunction is first event handled.
    //
    // you have to preserve called function handler to ignore it 
    // when you continue calling.
    //
    // store it in object to preserve function reference     
    var ignoredHandler = {
        fn: false
    };

    // function which will continues processing        
    var go = function(e, el){
        // process href
        var href = $(el).attr('href');
        if (href) {
             window.location = href;
        }

        // process events
        var events = $(el).data('events');

        for (prop in events) {
            if (events.hasOwnProperty(prop)) {
                var event = events[prop];
                $.each(event, function(idx, handler){
                    // do not run for clickFunction
                    if (ignoredHandler.fn != handler.handler) {
                        handler.handler.call(el, e);
                    }
                });
            }
        }
    }

    // click handler
    var clickFunction = function(e){
        e.preventDefault();
        e.stopImmediatePropagation();
        MyApp.confirm("Are you sure you want to navigate away?")
           .done(go.apply(this, e));
    };

    // preserve ignored handler
    ignoredHandler.fn = clickFunction;
    $('.confirmable').click(clickFunction);

    // a little bit longer but it works :)