Make sure that live events bubble unless explicitly told not to, like a normal event. Fixes #6182.

src/event.js

@@ -984,8 +984,8 @@ jQuery.each(["live", "die"], function( i, name ) {
 });
 
 function liveHandler( event ) {
-	var stop, elems = [], selectors = [], args = arguments,
-		related, match, handleObj, elem, j, i, l, data,
+	var stop, maxLevel, elems = [], selectors = [],
+		related, match, handleObj, elem, j, i, l, data, close,
 		events = jQuery.data( this, "events" );
 
 	// Make sure we avoid non-left-click bubbling in Firefox (#3861)
@@ -1011,11 +1011,13 @@ function liveHandler( event ) {
 	match = jQuery( event.target ).closest( selectors, event.currentTarget );
 
 	for ( i = 0, l = match.length; i < l; i++ ) {
+		close = match[i];
+
 		for ( j = 0; j < live.length; j++ ) {
 			handleObj = live[j];
 
-			if ( match[i].selector === handleObj.selector ) {
-				elem = match[i].elem;
+			if ( close.selector === handleObj.selector ) {
+				elem = close.elem;
 				related = null;
 
 				// Those two events require additional checking
@@ -1024,7 +1026,7 @@ function liveHandler( event ) {
 				}
 
 				if ( !related || related !== elem ) {
-					elems.push({ elem: elem, handleObj: handleObj });
+					elems.push({ elem: elem, handleObj: handleObj, level: close.level });
 				}
 			}
 		}
@@ -1032,13 +1034,23 @@ function liveHandler( event ) {
 
 	for ( i = 0, l = elems.length; i < l; i++ ) {
 		match = elems[i];
+
+		if ( maxLevel && match.level > maxLevel ) {
+			break;
+		}
+
 		event.currentTarget = match.elem;
 		event.data = match.handleObj.data;
 		event.handleObj = match.handleObj;
 
-		if ( match.handleObj.origHandler.apply( match.elem, args ) === false ) {
-			stop = false;
-			break;
+		ret = match.handleObj.origHandler.apply( match.elem, arguments );
+
+		if ( ret === false || event.isPropagationStopped() ) {
+			maxLevel = match.level;
+
+			if ( ret === false ) {
+				stop = false;
+			}
 		}
 	}
 

src/traversing.js

@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ jQuery.fn.extend({
 
 	closest: function( selectors, context ) {
 		if ( jQuery.isArray( selectors ) ) {
-			var ret = [], cur = this[0], match, matches = {}, selector;
+			var ret = [], cur = this[0], match, matches = {}, selector, level = 1;
 
 			if ( cur && selectors.length ) {
 				for ( var i = 0, l = selectors.length; i < l; i++ ) {
@@ -100,11 +100,11 @@ jQuery.fn.extend({
 						match = matches[selector];
 
 						if ( match.jquery ? match.index(cur) > -1 : jQuery(cur).is(match) ) {
-							ret.push({ selector: selector, elem: cur });
-							delete matches[selector];
+							ret.push({ selector: selector, elem: cur, level: level });
 						}
 					}
 					cur = cur.parentNode;
+					level++;
 				}
 			}
 

test/unit/event.js

@@ -799,7 +799,7 @@ test(".live()/.die()", function() {
 	submit = 0, div = 0, livea = 0, liveb = 0;
 	jQuery("div#nothiddendivchild").trigger("click");
 	equals( submit, 0, "Click on inner div" );
-	equals( div, 1, "Click on inner div" );
+	equals( div, 2, "Click on inner div" );
 	equals( livea, 1, "Click on inner div" );
 	equals( liveb, 1, "Click on inner div" );
 
@@ -815,7 +815,7 @@ test(".live()/.die()", function() {
 	submit = 0, div = 0, livea = 0, liveb = 0;
 	jQuery("div#nothiddendivchild").trigger("click");
 	equals( submit, 0, "die Click on inner div" );
-	equals( div, 1, "die Click on inner div" );
+	equals( div, 2, "die Click on inner div" );
 	equals( livea, 1, "die Click on inner div" );
 	equals( liveb, 1, "die Click on inner div" );
 
@@ -824,7 +824,7 @@ test(".live()/.die()", function() {
 	jQuery("div#nothiddendivchild").die("click");
 	jQuery("div#nothiddendivchild").trigger("click");
 	equals( submit, 0, "die Click on inner div" );
-	equals( div, 1, "die Click on inner div" );
+	equals( div, 2, "die Click on inner div" );
 	equals( livea, 1, "die Click on inner div" );
 	equals( liveb, 0, "die Click on inner div" );
 
@@ -842,7 +842,7 @@ test(".live()/.die()", function() {
 	jQuery("div#nothiddendivchild").trigger("click");
 	equals( submit, 0, "stopPropagation Click on inner div" );
 	equals( div, 1, "stopPropagation Click on inner div" );
-	equals( livea, 1, "stopPropagation Click on inner div" );
+	equals( livea, 0, "stopPropagation Click on inner div" );
 	equals( liveb, 1, "stopPropagation Click on inner div" );
 
 	// Make sure click events only fire with primary click
@@ -1252,6 +1252,7 @@ test(".delegate()/.undelegate()", function() {
 	equals( liveb, 0, "Click on body" );
 
 	// This should trigger two events
+	submit = 0, div = 0, livea = 0, liveb = 0;
 	jQuery("div#nothiddendiv").trigger("click");
 	equals( submit, 0, "Click on div" );
 	equals( div, 1, "Click on div" );
@@ -1259,55 +1260,62 @@ test(".delegate()/.undelegate()", function() {
 	equals( liveb, 0, "Click on div" );
 
 	// This should trigger three events (w/ bubbling)
+	submit = 0, div = 0, livea = 0, liveb = 0;
 	jQuery("div#nothiddendivchild").trigger("click");
 	equals( submit, 0, "Click on inner div" );
 	equals( div, 2, "Click on inner div" );
-	equals( livea, 2, "Click on inner div" );
+	equals( livea, 1, "Click on inner div" );
 	equals( liveb, 1, "Click on inner div" );
 
 	// This should trigger one submit
+	submit = 0, div = 0, livea = 0, liveb = 0;
 	jQuery("div#nothiddendivchild").trigger("submit");
 	equals( submit, 1, "Submit on div" );
-	equals( div, 2, "Submit on div" );
-	equals( livea, 2, "Submit on div" );
-	equals( liveb, 1, "Submit on div" );
+	equals( div, 0, "Submit on div" );
+	equals( livea, 0, "Submit on div" );
+	equals( liveb, 0, "Submit on div" );
 
 	// Make sure no other events were removed in the process
+	submit = 0, div = 0, livea = 0, liveb = 0;
 	jQuery("div#nothiddendivchild").trigger("click");
-	equals( submit, 1, "undelegate Click on inner div" );
-	equals( div, 3, "undelegate Click on inner div" );
-	equals( livea, 3, "undelegate Click on inner div" );
-	equals( liveb, 2, "undelegate Click on inner div" );
+	equals( submit, 0, "undelegate Click on inner div" );
+	equals( div, 2, "undelegate Click on inner div" );
+	equals( livea, 1, "undelegate Click on inner div" );
+	equals( liveb, 1, "undelegate Click on inner div" );
 
 	// Now make sure that the removal works
+	submit = 0, div = 0, livea = 0, liveb = 0;
 	jQuery("#body").undelegate("div#nothiddendivchild", "click");
 	jQuery("div#nothiddendivchild").trigger("click");
-	equals( submit, 1, "undelegate Click on inner div" );
-	equals( div, 4, "undelegate Click on inner div" );
-	equals( livea, 4, "undelegate Click on inner div" );
-	equals( liveb, 2, "undelegate Click on inner div" );
+	equals( submit, 0, "undelegate Click on inner div" );
+	equals( div, 2, "undelegate Click on inner div" );
+	equals( livea, 1, "undelegate Click on inner div" );
+	equals( liveb, 0, "undelegate Click on inner div" );
 
 	// Make sure that the click wasn't removed too early
+	submit = 0, div = 0, livea = 0, liveb = 0;
 	jQuery("div#nothiddendiv").trigger("click");
-	equals( submit, 1, "undelegate Click on inner div" );
-	equals( div, 5, "undelegate Click on inner div" );
-	equals( livea, 5, "undelegate Click on inner div" );
-	equals( liveb, 2, "undelegate Click on inner div" );
+	equals( submit, 0, "undelegate Click on inner div" );
+	equals( div, 1, "undelegate Click on inner div" );
+	equals( livea, 1, "undelegate Click on inner div" );
+	equals( liveb, 0, "undelegate Click on inner div" );
 
 	// Make sure that stopPropgation doesn't stop live events
+	submit = 0, div = 0, livea = 0, liveb = 0;
 	jQuery("#body").delegate("div#nothiddendivchild", "click", function(e){ liveb++; e.stopPropagation(); });
 	jQuery("div#nothiddendivchild").trigger("click");
-	equals( submit, 1, "stopPropagation Click on inner div" );
-	equals( div, 6, "stopPropagation Click on inner div" );
-	equals( livea, 6, "stopPropagation Click on inner div" );
-	equals( liveb, 3, "stopPropagation Click on inner div" );
+	equals( submit, 0, "stopPropagation Click on inner div" );
+	equals( div, 1, "stopPropagation Click on inner div" );
+	equals( livea, 0, "stopPropagation Click on inner div" );
+	equals( liveb, 1, "stopPropagation Click on inner div" );
 
 	// Make sure click events only fire with primary click
+	submit = 0, div = 0, livea = 0, liveb = 0;
 	var event = jQuery.Event("click");
 	event.button = 1;
 	jQuery("div#nothiddendiv").trigger(event);
 
-	equals( livea, 6, "delegate secondary click" );
+	equals( livea, 0, "delegate secondary click" );
 
 	jQuery("#body").undelegate("div#nothiddendivchild", "click");
 	jQuery("#body").undelegate("div#nothiddendiv", "click");