diff --git a/packages/liveui/liveevents_w3c.js b/packages/liveui/liveevents_w3c.js
index 45a8269d16..58a2d0e970 100644
--- a/packages/liveui/liveevents_w3c.js
+++ b/packages/liveui/liveevents_w3c.js
@@ -130,6 +130,8 @@ Meteor.ui._event._loadW3CImpl = function() {
   var eventsCaptured = {};
 
   Meteor.ui._event.registerEventType = function(eventType, subtreeRoot) {
+    // We capture on the entire document, so don't actually care
+    // about subtreeRoot!
     installCapturer(eventType);
   };
 
diff --git a/packages/liveui/liveui.js b/packages/liveui/liveui.js
index d5cc53a191..11170784e5 100644
--- a/packages/liveui/liveui.js
+++ b/packages/liveui/liveui.js
@@ -582,6 +582,9 @@ Meteor.ui = Meteor.ui || {};
   // without taking enclosing ranges into account, so additional event
   // handlers need to be attached.
   var attach_secondary_events = function(range) {
+    // Implementations of LiveEvents that use whole-document event capture
+    // (all except old IE) don't actually need any of this; this function
+    // could be a no-op.
     for(var r = range; r; r = r.findParent()) {
       if (r === range)
         continue;
@@ -598,6 +601,12 @@ Meteor.ui = Meteor.ui || {};
     }
   };
 
+  // Handle a currently-propagating event on a particular node.
+  // We walk all enclosing liveranges of the node, from the inside out,
+  // looking for matching handlers.  If the app calls stopPropagation(),
+  // we don't stop immediately (within an event map), but we DO stop
+  // between ranges (i.e. templates), in keeping with the idea that
+  // ranges are like invisible container nodes.
   Meteor.ui._handleEvent = function(event) {
     var curNode = event.currentTarget;
     if (! curNode)
@@ -609,7 +618,7 @@ Meteor.ui = Meteor.ui || {};
 
     var type = event.type;
 
-    for(var range = innerRange; range; range = range.findParent(true)) {
+    for(var range = innerRange; range; range = range.findParent()) {
       if (! range.event_handlers)
         continue;
 
@@ -626,6 +635,8 @@ Meteor.ui = Meteor.ui || {};
         }
 
         var returnValue = h.callback.call(range.event_data, event);
+        // allow app to `return false` from event handler, just like
+        // you can in a jquery event handler
         if (returnValue === false) {
           event.stopPropagation();
           event.preventDefault();
diff --git a/packages/liveui/liveui_tests.js b/packages/liveui/liveui_tests.js
index faa09f649d..db30488398 100644
--- a/packages/liveui/liveui_tests.js
+++ b/packages/liveui/liveui_tests.js
@@ -1314,7 +1314,8 @@ Tinytest.add("liveui - basic events", function(test) {
 
   // "deep reach" from high node down to replaced low node.
   // Tests that attach_secondary_events actually does the
-  // right thing in IE.  Also tests change event bubbling.
+  // right thing in IE.  Also tests change event bubbling
+  // and proper interpretation of event maps.
   event_buf.length = 0;
   R = ReactiveVar('foo');
   div = OnscreenDiv(Meteor.ui.render(function() {
@@ -1323,13 +1324,34 @@ Tinytest.add("liveui - basic events", function(test) {
         return '<input type="checkbox">'+R.get();
       }, {events: eventmap('click input'), event_data:event_buf}) +
       '</b></span></p></div>';
-  }, { events: eventmap('change b'), event_data:event_buf }));
+  }, { events: eventmap('change b', 'change input'), event_data:event_buf }));
   R.set('bar');
   Meteor.flush();
   // click on input
   clickElement(div.node().getElementsByTagName('input')[0]);
   event_buf.sort(); // don't care about order
-  test.equal(event_buf, ['change b', 'click input']);
+  test.equal(event_buf, ['change b', 'change input', 'click input']);
+  event_buf.length = 0;
+  div.kill();
+  Meteor.flush();
+
+  // test that 'click *' fires on bubble
+  event_buf.length = 0;
+  R = ReactiveVar('foo');
+  div = OnscreenDiv(Meteor.ui.render(function() {
+    return '<div><p><span><b>'+
+      Meteor.ui.chunk(function() {
+        return '<input type="checkbox">'+R.get();
+      }, {events: eventmap('click input'), event_data:event_buf}) +
+      '</b></span></p></div>';
+  }, { events: eventmap('click *'), event_data:event_buf }));
+  R.set('bar');
+  Meteor.flush();
+  // click on input
+  clickElement(div.node().getElementsByTagName('input')[0]);
+  test.equal(
+    event_buf,
+    ['click input', 'click *', 'click *', 'click *', 'click *', 'click *']);
   event_buf.length = 0;
   div.kill();
   Meteor.flush();