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jQuery remove scroll listener after reach certain point [duplicate]

I have an input type="image". This acts like the cell notes in Microsoft Excel. If someone enters a number into the text box that this input-image is paired with, I setup an event handler for the input-image. Then when the user clicks the image, they get a little popup to add some notes to the data.
My problem is that when a user enters a zero into the text box, I need to disable the input-image's event handler. I have tried the following, but to no avail.
$('#myimage').click(function { return false; });

jQuery ≥ 1.7
With jQuery 1.7 onward the event API has been updated, .bind()/.unbind() are still available for backwards compatibility, but the preferred method is using the on()/off() functions. The below would now be,
$('#myimage').click(function() { return false; }); // Adds another click event
$('#myimage').off('click');
$('#myimage').on('click.mynamespace', function() { /* Do stuff */ });
$('#myimage').off('click.mynamespace');
jQuery < 1.7
In your example code you are simply adding another click event to the image, not overriding the previous one:
$('#myimage').click(function() { return false; }); // Adds another click event
Both click events will then get fired.
As people have said you can use unbind to remove all click events:
$('#myimage').unbind('click');
If you want to add a single event and then remove it (without removing any others that might have been added) then you can use event namespacing:
$('#myimage').bind('click.mynamespace', function() { /* Do stuff */ });
and to remove just your event:
$('#myimage').unbind('click.mynamespace');

This wasn't available when this question was answered, but you can also use the live() method to enable/disable events.
$('#myimage:not(.disabled)').live('click', myclickevent);
$('#mydisablebutton').click( function () { $('#myimage').addClass('disabled'); });
What will happen with this code is that when you click #mydisablebutton, it will add the class disabled to the #myimage element. This will make it so that the selector no longer matches the element and the event will not be fired until the 'disabled' class is removed making the .live() selector valid again.
This has other benefits by adding styling based on that class as well.

This can be done by using the unbind function.
$('#myimage').unbind('click');
You can add multiple event handlers to the same object and event in jquery. This means adding a new one doesn't replace the old ones.
There are several strategies for changing event handlers, such as event namespaces. There are some pages about this in the online docs.
Look at this question (that's how I learned of unbind). There is some useful description of these strategies in the answers.
How to read bound hover callback functions in jquery

If you want to respond to an event just one time, the following syntax should be really helpful:
$('.myLink').bind('click', function() {
//do some things
$(this).unbind('click', arguments.callee); //unbind *just this handler*
});
Using arguments.callee, we can ensure that the one specific anonymous-function handler is removed, and thus, have a single time handler for a given event. Hope this helps others.

maybe the unbind method will work for you
$("#myimage").unbind("click");

I had to set the event to null using the prop and the attr. I couldn't do it with one or the other. I also could not get .unbind to work. I am working on a TD element.
.prop("onclick", null).attr("onclick", null)

If event is attached this way, and the target is to be unattached:
$('#container').on('click','span',function(eo){
alert(1);
$(this).off(); //seams easy, but does not work
$('#container').off('click','span'); //clears click event for every span
$(this).on("click",function(){return false;}); //this works.
});​

You may be adding the onclick handler as inline markup:
<input id="addreport" type="button" value="Add New Report" onclick="openAdd()" />
If so, the jquery .off() or .unbind() won't work. You need to add the original event handler in jquery as well:
$("#addreport").on("click", "", function (e) {
openAdd();
});
Then the jquery has a reference to the event handler and can remove it:
$("#addreport").off("click")
VoidKing mentions this a little more obliquely in a comment above.

If you use $(document).on() to add a listener to a dynamically created element then you may have to use the following to remove it:
// add the listener
$(document).on('click','.element',function(){
// stuff
});
// remove the listener
$(document).off("click", ".element");

To remove ALL event-handlers, this is what worked for me:
To remove all event handlers mean to have the plain HTML structure without all the event handlers attached to the element and its child nodes. To do this, jQuery's clone() helped.
var original, clone;
// element with id my-div and its child nodes have some event-handlers
original = $('#my-div');
clone = original.clone();
//
original.replaceWith(clone);
With this, we'll have the clone in place of the original with no event-handlers on it.
Good Luck...

Updated for 2014
Using the latest version of jQuery, you're now able to unbind all events on a namespace by simply doing $( "#foo" ).off( ".myNamespace" );

Best way to remove inline onclick event is $(element).prop('onclick', null);

Thanks for the information. very helpful i used it for locking page interaction while in edit mode by another user. I used it in conjunction with ajaxComplete. Not necesarily the same behavior but somewhat similar.
function userPageLock(){
$("body").bind("ajaxComplete.lockpage", function(){
$("body").unbind("ajaxComplete.lockpage");
executePageLock();
});
};
function executePageLock(){
//do something
}

In case .on() method was previously used with particular selector, like in the following example:
$('body').on('click', '.dynamicTarget', function () {
// Code goes here
});
Both unbind() and .off() methods are not going to work.
However, .undelegate() method could be used to completely remove handler from the event for all elements which match the current selector:
$("body").undelegate(".dynamicTarget", "click")

I know this comes in late, but why not use plain JS to remove the event?
var myElement = document.getElementById("your_ID");
myElement.onclick = null;
or, if you use a named function as an event handler:
function eh(event){...}
var myElement = document.getElementById("your_ID");
myElement.addEventListener("click",eh); // add event handler
myElement.removeEventListener("click",eh); //remove it

This also works fine .Simple and easy.see http://jsfiddle.net/uZc8w/570/
$('#myimage').removeAttr("click");

if you set the onclick via html you need to removeAttr ($(this).removeAttr('onclick'))
if you set it via jquery (as the after the first click in my examples above) then you need to unbind($(this).unbind('click'))

All the approaches described did not work for me because I was adding the click event with on() to the document where the element was created at run-time:
$(document).on("click", ".button", function() {
doSomething();
});
My workaround:
As I could not unbind the ".button" class I just assigned another class to the button that had the same CSS styles. By doing so the live/on-event-handler ignored the click finally:
// prevent another click on the button by assigning another class
$(".button").attr("class","buttonOff");
Hope that helps.

Hope my below code explains all.
HTML:
(function($){
$("#btn_add").on("click",function(){
$("#btn_click").on("click",added_handler);
alert("Added new handler to button 1");
});
$("#btn_remove").on("click",function(){
$("#btn_click").off("click",added_handler);
alert("Removed new handler to button 1");
});
function fixed_handler(){
alert("Fixed handler");
}
function added_handler(){
alert("new handler");
}
$("#btn_click").on("click",fixed_handler);
$("#btn_fixed").on("click",fixed_handler);
})(jQuery);
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<button id="btn_click">Button 1</button>
<button id="btn_add">Add Handler</button>
<button id="btn_remove">Remove Handler</button>
<button id="btn_fixed">Fixed Handler</button>

I had an interesting case relevant to this come up at work today where there was a scroll event handler for $(window).
// TO ELIMINATE THE RE-SELECTION AND
// RE-CREATION OF THE SAME OBJECT REDUNDANTLY IN THE FOLLOWING SNIPPETS
let $window = $(window);
$window.on('scroll', function() { .... });
But, to revoke that event handler, we can't just use
$window.off('scroll');
because there are likely other scroll event handlers on this very common target, and I'm not interested in hosing that other functionality (known or unknown) by turning off all of the scroll handlers.
My solution was to first abstract the handler functionality into a named function, and use that in the event listener setup.
function handleScrollingForXYZ() { ...... }
$window.on('scroll', handleScrollingForXYZ);
And then, conditionally, when we need to revoke that, I did this:
$window.off('scroll', $window, handleScrollingForXYZ);
The janky part is the 2nd parameter, which is redundantly selecting the original selector. But, the jquery documentation for .off() only provides one method signature for specifying the handler to remove, which requires this middle parameter to be
A selector which should match the one originally passed to .on() when attaching event handlers.
I haven't ventured to test it out with a null or '' as the 2nd parameter, but perhaps the redundant $window isn't necessary.

Use jquery inside or outside document ready

Below two scenario give me the same behavior. But What is the difference technically? (I put the below code in the last section of script tags in the body.)
$(document).ready(function() {
$('.collapse').collapse({toggle: false});
$(document).on('click', '#expandAllLessons', function() {
$('div.accordion-body').collapse('show');
});
$(document).on('click', '#collapseAllLessons', function() {
$('div.accordion-body.collapse').collapse('hide');
});
});
or
$(document).ready(function() {
$('.collapse').collapse({toggle: false});
});
$(document).on('click', '#expandAllLessons', function() {
$('div.accordion-body').collapse('show');
});
$(document).on('click', '#collapseAllLessons', function() {
$('div.accordion-body.collapse').collapse('hide');
});
Thanks.

More or less, it's doing the same thing.
With the use of .on() with a child selector, you're using event delegation to bind any future events to any elements that match that selector. document is the very tippy top of the DOM tree (and available upon script execution), so your event delegation works.
.ready() waits until the DOM has assembled, so you can, more reliably, directly bind events using methods like .click(), .hover(), etc.
So your first example is just waiting for the DOM to assemble, then delegating the event. The second example is just delegating the event immediately upon script execution.
From jQuery's documentation regarding .on():
Direct and delegated events
The majority of browser events bubble, or
propagate, from the deepest, innermost element (the event target) in
the document where they occur all the way up to the body and the
document element. In Internet Explorer 8 and lower, a few events such
as change and submit do not natively bubble but jQuery patches these
to bubble and create consistent cross-browser behavior.
If selector is omitted or is null, the event handler is referred to as
direct or directly-bound. The handler is called every time an event
occurs on the selected elements, whether it occurs directly on the
element or bubbles from a descendant (inner) element.
When a selector is provided, the event handler is referred to as
delegated. The handler is not called when the event occurs directly on
the bound element, but only for descendants (inner elements) that
match the selector. jQuery bubbles the event from the event target up
to the element where the handler is attached (i.e., innermost to
outermost element) and runs the handler for any elements along that
path matching the selector.

Whenever you do a function, regardless of whether it's $(document).ready(function(){}); or something else, all the contents inside that function can only read stuff that's at its level or above it (unless you're using return functions).
The top paragraph means that all your code won't be executed until it's loaded, but it also means that it's nested code. Nested code means certain variables and functions won't be readable from outside. Example:
function bob(){
function sandy(){
function joe(){
alert("I can access anything written by sandy, bob or ray!");
}
}
}
function ray(){
alert("I can't see anything from anybody but bob!");
}

Look at the comments first. After jQuery 1.7 on can delegate events as well:
"The .on() method attaches event handlers to the currently selected
set of elements in the jQuery object. As of jQuery 1.7, the .on()
method provides all functionality required for attaching event
handlers. For help in converting from older jQuery event methods, see
.bind(), .delegate(), and .live()."
So before jQuery 1.7 this is the correct answer:
First is better because, document ready event is triggered when HTML document is fully loaded to DOM. And then you're sure you have all elements in place, and you can bind events to them.
But if you bind event before loading '#expandAllLessons' element to DOM, then it will simply not work, as jQuery selector will not find any elements, and will not bind this event anywhere.
After 1.7 both will work almost in the same way. Almost, because in first case, when you trigger event before document will be ready, it will not be executed. In second example it will be executed, because it was attached when script was loaded.

Remove specific event

Suppose i have a component, inputType="text" with id ="cmp";
In a js file ,
$("input[type='text']").bind('keypress', function(e) {
//Case 1
});
In my jsp file,
$("#cmp").keypress(function() {
//Case 2
});
Now I need to remove only one keypress event.
Is it possible to remove the keypress event for id ="cmp" that is registered from js file.
But we should not not remove event that is registered from jsp file.
Note:
According to my requirement, I cannot change .js file.

you can use off of jquery method to remove events Jquery OFf
The off() method removes event handlers that were attached with .on().
See the discussion of delegated and directly bound events on that page
for more information. Specific event handlers can be removed on
elements by providing combinations of event names, namespaces,
selectors, or handler function names. When multiple filtering
arguments are given, all of the arguments provided must match for the
event handler to be removed.
$('#cmp').off('keypress');

use off()
off: Remove an event handler.
$('#cmp').off('keypress');

You will want to use either .unbind() or .off() (jQuery 1.7+) depending on how the event was originally attached and what version of jQuery you are using.
// Prior to jQuery 1.7
$("#cmp").unbind("keypress");
// jQuery 1.7+
$("#cmp").off("keypress");
If you can modify the original location where you are binding the event handler, you might also be able to use event namespaces to remove only a specifically named event.
// Original binding
$("#cmp").on("keypress.someName", function() {
...
});
// Unbinding
$("#cmp").off("keypress.someName");
EXAMPLE

jQuery .live() vs .on() method for adding a click event after loading dynamic html

I am using jQuery v.1.7.1 where the .live() method is apparently deprecated.
The problem I am having is that when dynamically loading html into an element using:
$('#parent').load("http://...");
If I try and add a click event afterwards it does not register the event using either of these methods:
$('#parent').click(function() ...);
or
// according to documentation this should be used instead of .live()
$('#child').on('click', function() ...);
What is the correct way to achieve this functionality? It only seems to work with .live() for me, but I shouldn't be using that method. Note that #child is a dynamically loaded element.
Thanks.

If you want the click handler to work for an element that gets loaded dynamically, then you set the event handler on a parent object (that does not get loaded dynamically) and give it a selector that matches your dynamic object like this:
$('#parent').on("click", "#child", function() {});
The event handler will be attached to the #parent object and anytime a click event bubbles up to it that originated on #child, it will fire your click handler. This is called delegated event handling (the event handling is delegated to a parent object).
It's done this way because you can attach the event to the #parent object even when the #child object does not exist yet, but when it later exists and gets clicked on, the click event will bubble up to the #parent object, it will see that it originated on #child and there is an event handler for a click on #child and fire your event.

Try this:
$('#parent').on('click', '#child', function() {
// Code
});
From the $.on() documentation:
Event handlers are bound only to the currently selected elements; they
must exist on the page at the time your code makes the call to .on().
Your #child element doesn't exist when you call $.on() on it, so the event isn't bound (unlike $.live()). #parent, however, does exist, so binding the event to that is fine.
The second argument in my code above acts as a 'filter' to only trigger if the event bubbled up to #parent from #child.

$(document).on('click', '.selector', function() { /* do stuff */ });
EDIT: I'm providing a bit more information on how this works, because... words.
With this example, you are placing a listener on the entire document.
When you click on any element(s) matching .selector, the event bubbles up to the main document -- so long as there's no other listeners that call event.stopPropagation() method -- which would top the bubbling of an event to parent elements.
Instead of binding to a specific element or set of elements, you are listening for any events coming from elements that match the specified selector. This means you can create one listener, one time, that will automatically match currently existing elements as well as any dynamically added elements.
This is smart for a few reasons, including performance and memory utilization (in large scale applications)
EDIT:
Obviously, the closest parent element you can listen on is better, and you can use any element in place of document as long as the children you want to monitor events for are within that parent element... but that really does not have anything to do with the question.

The equivalent of .live() in 1.7 looks like this:
$(document).on('click', '#child', function() ...);
Basically, watch the document for click events and filter them for #child.

I know it's a little late for an answer, but I've created a polyfill for the .live() method. I've tested it in jQuery 1.11, and it seems to work pretty well. I know that we're supposed to implement the .on() method wherever possible, but in big projects, where it's not possible to convert all .live() calls to the equivalent .on() calls for whatever reason, the following might work:
if(jQuery && !jQuery.fn.live) {
jQuery.fn.live = function(evt, func) {
$('body').on(evt, this.selector, func);
}
}
Just include it after you load jQuery and before you call live().

.on() is for jQuery version 1.7 and above. If you have an older version, use this:
$("#SomeId").live("click",function(){
//do stuff;
});

I used 'live' in my project but one of my friend suggested that i should use 'on' instead of live.
And when i tried to use that i experienced a problem like you had.
On my pages i create buttons table rows and many dom stuff dynamically. but when i use on the magic disappeared.
The other solutions like use it like a child just calls your functions every time on every click.
But i find a way to make it happen again and here is the solution.
Write your code as:
function caller(){
$('.ObjectYouWntToCall').on("click", function() {...magic...});
}
Call caller(); after you create your object in the page like this.
$('<dom class="ObjectYouWntToCall">bla... bla...<dom>').appendTo("#whereeveryouwant");
caller();
By this way your function is called when it is supposed to not every click on the page.

How do I replace an event handler with jQuery?

I have a site that uses AJAX to navigate. I have two pages that I use a click and drag feature using:
$(".myDragArea").mousedown(function(){
do stuff...
mouseDrag = true; // mouseDrag is global.
});
$("body").mousemove(function(){
if (mouseDrag) {
do stuff...
}
});
$("body").mouseup(function(){
if (mouseDrag) {
do stuff...
mouseDrag = false;
}
});
I just type that out, so excuse any incidental syntax errors. Two parts of the site use almost identical code, with the only difference being what is inside the $("body").mouseup() function. However, if I access the first part, then navigate to the second part, the code that runs on mouseup doesn't change. I have stepped through the code with Firebug, and no errors or thrown when $("body").mouseup() is run when the second part loads.
So, why doesn't the event handler change when I run $("body").mouseup() the second time?

Using $("body").mouseup( ... ) will add an event handler for the body that is triggered at mouseup.
If you want to add another event handler that would conflict with current event handler(s) then you must first remove the current conflicting event handler(s).
You have 4 options to do this with .unbind(). I'll list them from the least precise to the most precise options:
Nuclear option - Remove all event handlers from the body
$("body").unbind();
This is pretty crude. Let's try to improve.
The elephant gun - Remove all mouseup event handlers from the body
$("body").unbind('mouseup');
This is a little better, but we can still be more precise.
The surgeon's scalpel - Remove one specific event handler from the body
$("body").unbind('mouseup', myMouseUpV1);
Of course for this version you must set a variable to your event handler. In your case this would look something like:
myMouseUpV1 = function(){
if (mouseDrag) {
do stuff...
mouseDrag = false;
}
}
$("body").mouseup(myMouseUpV1);
$("body").unbind('mouseup', myMouseUpV1);
$("body").mouseup(myMouseUpV2); // where you've defined V2 somewhere
Scalpel with anesthesia (ok, the analogy's wearing thin) - You can create namespaces for the event handlers you bind and unbind. You can use this technique to bind and unbind either anonymous functions or references to functions. For namespaces, you have to use the .bind() method directly instead of one of the shortcuts ( like .mouseover() ).
To create a namespace:
$("body").bind('mouseup.mySpace', function() { ... });
or
$("body").bind('mouseup.mySpace', myHandler);
Then to unbind either of the previous examples, you would use:
$("body").unbind('mouseup.mySpace');
You can unbind multiple namespaced handlers at once by chaining them:
$("body").unbind('mouseup.mySpace1.mySpace2.yourSpace');
Finally, you can unbind all event handlers in a namespace irrespective of the event type!
$("body").unbind('.mySpace')
You cannot do this with a simple reference to a handler. $("body").unbind(myHandler) will not work, since with a simple reference to a handler you must specify the event type ( $("body").unbind('mouseup', myHandler) )!
PS: You can also unbind an event from within itself using .unbind(event). This could be useful if you want to trigger an event handler only a limited number of times.
var timesClicked = 0;
$('input').bind('click', function(event) {
alert('Moar Cheezburgerz!');
timesClicked++;
if (timesClicked >= 2) {
$('input').unbind(event);
$('input').val("NO MOAR!");
}
});​

Calling $("body").mouseup(function) will add an event handler.
You need to remove the existing handler by writing $("body").unbind('mouseup');.

jQUery doesn't "replace" event handlers when you wire up handlers.
If you're using Ajax to navigate, and not refreshing the overall DOM (i.e. not creating an entirely new body element on each request), then executing a new line like:
$("body").mouseup(function(){
is just going to add an additional handler. Your first handler will still exist.
You'll need to specifically remove any handlers by calling
$("body").unbind("mouseUp");