React - Prevent Event Trigger on Parent From Child

Question

I have this scenario, where when parent element is clicked, it flips to show a child element with different colours. Unfortunately, when the user clicks on one of the colours, t

Answer 1

You can use stopPropagation

stopPropagation - Prevents further propagation of the current event in the bubbling phase

var App = React.createClass({
  handleParentClick: function (e) { 
    console.log('parent');
  },

  handleChildClick: function (e) {
    e.stopPropagation();
    console.log('child');
  },

  render: function() {
    return 

      

        Click
      
    
;
  }
});

ReactDOM.render(, document.getElementById('root'));