CSS: Prevent parent element getting :active pseudoclass when child element is clicked

Question

JSFiddle

When you click the button, you see that :active pseudoclass is triggered for the parent div. Is ther

Answer 1

here's a jquery solution instead of using the css pseudo class :active

$(document).ready(function() {
    $('button').mousedown(function(e){
        e.stopPropagation();
        console.log('i got clicked');
    });

    $('div').mousedown(function(e){
        $('div').css('background', 'red')
    }).mouseup(function(e){
        $('div').css('background', '#eee')
    });
    $(document).mouseup(function(e){
        $('div').css('background', '#eee')
    });
});

div {
  width: 200px;
  height: 200px;
  background-color: #eee;
  border: 1px solid black;
}

  Qlick me