Stop further event handlers on an element

Question

I\'m writing a little jQuery extension that prevents a user from double clicking on a link.

$.fn.preventDoubleClick = function() {
    return this.click(func         


        

Answer 1

Thanks to Adam's link, I was able to see the function I needed: stopImmediatePropagation().

Answer 2

I believe you're looking for event.stopPropagation

EDIT: turns out this was not the correct option for Nick's purposes. Please see his answer.