Rails UJS: Preventing the event from propagating using 'ajax:before'

I am confused by how ajax:before works when using rails/jquery-ujs.

1. Does it wait for any given function in the ajax:before to complete before proceeding?

2. How do I completely cancel the event in jQuery if it fails some condition? (I do not seem to have a pointer to the event)

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Update: I tried this, which normally works, but not now. =|

.bind('ajax:before', function(evt){
    evt开发者_如何学运维.stopImmediatePropagation();
   } )
 //also tried preventDefault, stopPropagation, etc

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I answered my own question. "return false" in the ajax:before will cancel the action