How prevent click event?

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jquery - disable click

How can I prevent a click event of a button's selector when is pushed? If there are some buttons. I want to lock the event of the button pushed. I have tried with:

event.stopImmediatePropagation(); 
event.stopPropagation(); 
event.preventDefault();

But it does not work.

Edit: I haven't provided the code because is backbone code and this isn't a theme of that theme. If I have a list of buttons in a menu, and I press one multiple times, the code associated a that button is run multiple times. I want to lock this click event and unlock it if other button is pushed.

Solution:

//disable
$("#button").bind('click', function() { return false; });

//enable
$("#button").unbind('click');

Make sure event object is passed to the handler function like -- `.on('click', function(event) { ` — Selvakumar Arumugam, Jan 08 '13 at 21:53
Those will work. You're doing something else wrong. Show us some code. — Madbreaks, Jan 08 '13 at 21:53
What does "but not work" mean? What errors do you get? What does your HTML look like? How about a jsFiddle example? — j08691, Jan 08 '13 at 21:53
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4589964/jquery-disable-click — Vucko, Jan 08 '13 at 21:54
I haven't provided the code because is backbone code and this isn't a theme of that theme. If I have a list of buttons in a menu, and I press one multiple times, the code associated a that button is run multiple times. I want to lock this click event and unlock it if other button is pushed. (sorry for my english) — vicenrele, Jan 08 '13 at 22:36

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 08 '13 at 21:54

5

Add a return false in your jQuery handler

$("#button").click( function () {
   return false;
}

answered Jan 08 '13 at 21:54

Wolf

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The example works, the click event of "#button" locks it but how can I unlock it? And how unlock all buttons? – vicenrele Jan 08 '13 at 22:38
Hello @Wolf. Thanks for response, but how can I return it the previous state? – vicenrele Jan 08 '13 at 23:29
Can you please explain what you mean by previous state... – Wolf Jan 09 '13 at 06:35
I use backbone.js framework, when click event is run, other function is run and your code also. Then, the click event is disabled. How return to enable it? – vicenrele Jan 09 '13 at 09:59
I have the solution. I have edited the question – vicenrele Jan 09 '13 at 19:54

How prevent click event?

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