Using mousewheel.js, How to disable 'mousewheel' event temporarily?

Question

How can I disable the 'mousewheel' event temporarily?

Or how can I unbind it and bind it after some time?

$(window).on('mousewheel', function(event) {

});

Thanks!

Very similar question here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6702116/jquery-mousewheel-how-to-disable — DeclanPossnett, Feb 15 '17 at 12:59
`$(window).off('mousewheel')` ? [disconnecting events in jquery](https://learn.jquery.com/events/handling-events/#disconnecting-events) — barbsan, Feb 15 '17 at 13:00
Here's the fiddle : https://jsfiddle.net/bfdyxobn/11/ I might be doing something stupid, but after using .off() on click event, it still triggers Thanks! — Abhijeet Ramgir, Feb 15 '17 at 13:21

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 15 '17 at 12:58

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To bind:

$(window).bind("mousewheel", function(e){ return false;});

To unbind:

$(window).unbind("mousewheel", function(e){ return false;});

answered Feb 15 '17 at 12:58

DeclanPossnett

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