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Mr Cathode
Mr Cathode

Reputation: 77

Unbind single keycode from a set of added keycode events

jQuery:

$(document).keyup(function(e)
{
    if(e.keyCode == 27)
    {
        hide_popup();
    }
    else if(e.keyCode==13)
    {
        do_submission();
    }
});

At some situation, I need to unbind certain keypress codes. Say when a popup is closed, I need to unbind the keycode 27. Or if a form is submitted, I need to unbind only the keycode 13. Is there anyway to unbind certain keycodes only, since $(document).unbind('keyup') removes all these keycodes?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 152

Answers (1)

Rory McCrossan
Rory McCrossan

Reputation: 337580

Don't unbind the entire event. Instead have a flag variable which is set by other functions to indicate whether the enter keypress should be handled. Something like this:

var processEnterKeyPress = true;

$(document).keyup(function(e) {
    if (e.keyCode == 27) {
        hide_popup();
    }
    else if (processEnterKeyPress && e.keyCode == 13) {
        do_submission();
    }
});

$('#myForm').submit(function() {
    processEnterKeyPress = false;
});

Upvotes: 2

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