How to stop $broadcast events in AngularJS?

Question

Is there a built in way to stop $broadcast events from going down the scope chain?

The event object passed by a $broadcast event does not h

Answer 1

I implemented an event thief for this purpose:

.factory("stealEvent", [function () {

  /**
   * If event is already "default prevented", noop.
   * If event isn't "default prevented", executes callback.
   * If callback returns a truthy value or undefined,
   * stops event propagation if possible, and flags event as "default prevented".
   */
  return function (callback) {
    return function (event) {
      if (!event.defaultPrevented) {
        var stopEvent = callback.apply(null, arguments);
        if (typeof stopEvent === "undefined" || stopEvent) {
          event.stopPropagation && event.stopPropagation();
          event.preventDefault();
        }
      }
    };
  };

}]);

To use:

$scope.$on("AnyEvent", stealEvent(function (event, anyOtherParameter) {
  if ($scope.keepEvent) {
    // do some stuff with anyOtherParameter
    return true; // steal event
  } else {
    return false; // let event available for other listeners
  }
}));

$scope.$on("AnyOtherEvent", stealEvent(function (event, anyOtherParameter) {
  // do some stuff with anyOtherParameter, event stolen by default
}));