Remove event when clicked?

[Oskar]

Hi,
I’ve got an element with a function attached like this:

Code:

$(‘div’).someEvent();

When I click the div, I want the function to go away until I click the div again. How would I toggle the event?

[Chris Coyier]

You need to .unbind() it to remove it, and call it again to add it:

http://docs.jquery.com/Events/unbind

You can unbind specific events, or call it with no params to unbind all of them.

[Hugo]

Not sure what event you’re using, but it’s worth noticing the hover event is kind of special when using unbind()… In that very occasion you can’t just use $(‘#selector’).unbind(‘hover’), but you’ll have to unbind both the mouseover and the mouseout event…

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