Disable and re-enable a javascript function using onclick events

Question

I'm trying to figure out how I can disable a javascript function using an onclick event. I've just finished building a carousel with touch events. Now I'm creating another which enables or disables the carousel by onclick events.

Here is a sample of my code I've built. The function that I want to disable is the touchCarousel which controls the touch events.

The class .slider-layout enables the carousel while the class .tile-layout disable the carousel and transforms the layout in a card view layout

var activeSlide = 0;
    $('.faculty-carousel').attr('data-slide', '0');
    
    
    
    $('.tile-layout').on('click', function() {
        $('.faculty-items').each(function() {
            $(this).addClass('tile-view');
        })
    })
    
    
    $('.prev').on('click', function(e) {
        event.stopPropagation();
    
        var carouselWrapper     = $(this).closest('.faculty-carousel'),
            facultyProfilePanel = carouselWrapper.find('.faculty-items li'),
            facultyProfileCount = facultyProfilePanel.length,
            viewPortSize        = $(window).width(),
            carousel            = carouselWrapper.find('.faculty-items'),
            position            = 0,
            currentSlide        = parseInt(carouselWrapper.attr('data-slide'));
    
        // Check if data-slide attribute is greater than 0
        if (currentSlide > 0) {
            // Decremement current slide
            currentSlide--;
            // Assign CSS position to clicked slider
            var transformPercentage = -1 * currentSlide / facultyProfileCount * 100;
            carousel.css('transform', 'translateX(' + transformPercentage + '% )');
    
            // Update data-slide attribute
            carouselWrapper.attr('data-slide', currentSlide);
            activeSlide = currentSlide;
        }
    });
    
    $('.next').on('click', function(e) {
        event.stopPropagation();
        // store variable relevent to clicked slider
    
        var carouselWrapper     = $(this).closest('.faculty-carousel'),
            facultyProfilePanel = carouselWrapper.find('.faculty-items li'),
            facultyProfileCount = facultyProfilePanel.length,
            viewPortSize   = $(window).width(),
            carousel = carouselWrapper.find('.faculty-items'),
            position = 0,
            currentSlide = parseInt(carouselWrapper.attr('data-slide'));
    
        // Check if dataslide is less than the total slides
        if (currentSlide < facultyProfileCount - 1) {
            // Increment current slide
            currentSlide++;
            // Assign CSS position to clicked slider
            var transformPercentage = -1 * currentSlide / facultyProfileCount * 100;
            carousel.css('transform', 'translateX(' + transformPercentage + '% )');
    
            // Update data-slide attribute
            carouselWrapper.attr('data-slide', currentSlide);
            activeSlide = currentSlide;
        }
    })
    
    
    function touchCarousel() {
        $('.faculty-carousel .faculty-items').each(function() {
    
            // create a simple instance
            // by default, it only adds horizontal recognizers
    
            var direction,
                touchSlider = this,
                mc = new Hammer.Manager(this),
                itemLength = $(this).find('li').length,
                count = 0,
                slide = $(this),
                timer;
    
            var sliderWrapper = slide,
                slideItems = sliderWrapper.find('li'),
                //slider = sliderWrapper.find('li'),
                totalPanels = slideItems.length,
                currentSlide = parseInt(sliderWrapper.attr('data-slide'));
    
            // mc.on("panleft panright", function(ev) {
            //   direction = ev.type;
            // });
    
            mc.add(new Hammer.Pan({
                threshold: 0,
                pointers: 0
            }));
            
            mc.on('pan', function(e) {
                var percentage = 100 / totalPanels * e.deltaX / window.innerWidth;
                var transformPercentage = percentage - 100 / totalPanels * activeSlide;
                touchSlider.style.transform = 'translateX( ' + transformPercentage + '% )';
                var sliderWrapper = $(e.target).closest('.faculty-carousel')
    
    
                if (e.isFinal) { // NEW: this only runs on event end
    
                    var newSlide = activeSlide;
                    if (percentage < 0)
                        newSlide = activeSlide + 1;
                    else if (percentage > 0)
                        newSlide = activeSlide - 1;
                    goToSlide(newSlide, sliderWrapper);
                }
            });
    
    
            var goToSlide = function(number, sliderWrapper) {
                if (number < 0)
                    activeSlide = 0;
                else if (number > totalPanels - 1)
                    activeSlide = totalPanels - 1
                else
                    activeSlide = number;
    
                sliderWrapper.attr('data-slide', activeSlide);
    
                touchSlider.classList.add('slide-animation');
                var percentage = -(100 / totalPanels) * activeSlide;
                touchSlider.style.transform = 'translateX( ' + percentage + '% )';
                timer = setTimeout(function() {
                    touchSlider.classList.remove('slide-animation');
                }, 400);
    
            };
        });
    }
    
    
    function panelSizing() {
    
        // var activeSlide = 0;
        // $('.faculty-carousel').attr('data-slide', '0');
    
    
        var viewPortSize        = $(window).width(),
            carouselWrapper = $('.faculty-carousel')
        ;
        
        //Set Panel Size based on viewport
    
        if (viewPortSize <= 1920 ) {
            var profilePanelSize = viewPortSize / 5
        }
    
    
        if (viewPortSize < 1024 ) {
            var profilePanelSize = viewPortSize / 4
        }
    
        if (viewPortSize < 768 ) {
            var profilePanelSize = viewPortSize / 3
        } 
    
        if (viewPortSize < 480 ) {
            var profilePanelSize = viewPortSize
        }
        
        carouselWrapper.each(function(){
            var wrapper = $(this);
            // wrapper.attr('data-slide', '0');
    
            var facultyPanel = wrapper.find('.faculty-items li'),
            profileCount = facultyPanel.length,
            // activeSlide         = 0,
            carousel            = wrapper.find('.faculty-items');
    
            carousel.outerWidth( profilePanelSize * profileCount );
            facultyPanel.outerWidth(profilePanelSize);
            carousel.css('transform', 'translateX(' + 0 + '% )');
        });
    }
    
    $('.tile-layout').on('click', function() {
        $('.faculty-items').each(function() {
            $(this).addClass('tile-view');
            $('.faculty-carousel .faculty-items').css('transform', 'translateX(' + 0 + '% )');
        })
    });
    
    $('.slider-layout').on('click', function() {
        $('.faculty-items').each(function() {
            $(this).removeClass('tile-view');
        })
    })
    
    
    $(document).ready(function() {
        panelSizing();
        touchCarousel()
    
    })
    
    $(window).on('resize', function(){
        panelSizing();
        touchCarousel()
    
    })

html, body, div, span, applet, object, iframe,
    h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, p, blockquote, pre,
    a, abbr, acronym, address, big, cite, code,
    del, dfn, em, img, ins, kbd, q, s, samp,
    small, strike, strong, sub, sup, tt, var,
    b, u, i, center,
    dl, dt, dd, ol, ul, li,
    fieldset, form, label, legend,
    table, caption, tbody, tfoot, thead, tr, th, td,
    article, aside, canvas, details, embed,
    figure, figcaption, footer, header, hgroup,
    menu, nav, output, ruby, section, summary,
    time, mark, audio, video {
      margin: 0;
      padding: 0;
      border: 0;
      font-size: 100%;
      font: inherit;
      vertical-align: baseline; }
    
    /* HTML5 display-role reset for older browsers */
    article, aside, details, figcaption, figure,
    footer, header, hgroup, menu, nav, section {
      display: block; }
    
    body {
      line-height: 1; }
    
    ol, ul {
      list-style: none; }
    
    blockquote, q {
      quotes: none; }
    
    blockquote:before, blockquote:after,
    q:before, q:after {
      content: '';
      content: none; }
    
    table {
      border-collapse: collapse;
      border-spacing: 0; }
    
    .faculty-items.tile-view {
      display: flex !important;
      flex-wrap: wrap !important;
      width: 100% !important; }
    
    .faculty-items li {
      height: 100px;
      display: inline-block;
      position: relative; }
      .faculty-items li > a {
        position: absolute;
        top: 0;
        width: 100%;
        height: 100%;
        user-drag: none;
        user-select: none;
        -moz-user-select: none;
        -webkit-user-drag: none;
        -webkit-user-select: none;
        -ms-user-select: none; }
    
    .faculty-items li:nth-child(odd) {
      background-color: grey; }
    
    .faculty-items li:nth-child(even), .faculty-items a:nth-child(even) {
      background-color: aqua; }
    
    .faculty-items {
      overflow: hidden;
      position: relative;
      right: 0;
      display: flex;
      -webkit-transition: transform 0.3s linear; }
    
    .faculty-carousel .controls {
      display: block; }
    
    /*# sourceMappingURL=style.css.map */

    <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css" />
    <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
    <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/hammer.js/2.0.8/hammer.js"></script>
    
    <div class="slider-layout">
        slider layout
    </div>
    
    <div class="tile-layout">
        tile layout
    </div>
    
    <div class="faculty-carousel">
        <ul class="faculty-items">
            <li><a href="#">Item 1</a></li>
            <li><a href="#">Item 2</a></li>
            <li><a href="#">Item 3</a></li>
            <li><a href="#">Item 4</a></li>
            <li><a href="#">Item 5</a></li>
            <li><a href="#">Item 6</a></li>
            <li><a href="#">Item 7</a></li>
        </ul>
    
        <div class="controls">
            <div class="prev">
            prev
            </div>
    
            <div class="next">
            next
            </div>
        </div>
    </div>
    
    
    <div class="faculty-carousel">
        <ul class="faculty-items">
            <li><a href="#">Item 1</a></li>
            <li><a href="#">Item 2</a></li>
            <li><a href="#">Item 3</a></li>
            <li><a href="#">Item 4</a></li>
            <li><a href="#">Item 5</a></li>
            <li><a href="#">Item 6</a></li>
            <li><a href="#">Item 7</a></li>
            <li><a href="#">Item 8</a></li>
            <li><a href="#">Item 9</a></li>
        </ul>
    
        <div class="controls">
            <div class="prev">
            prev
            </div>
    
            <div class="next">
            next
            </div>
        </div>
    </div>
    
    <div class="faculty-carousel">
        <ul class="faculty-items">
            <li><a href="#">Item 1</a></li>
            <li><a href="#">Item 2</a></li>
            <li><a href="#">Item 3</a></li>
            <li><a href="#">Item 4</a></li>
            <li><a href="#">Item 5</a></li>
            <li><a href="#">Item 6</a></li>
            <li><a href="#">Item 7</a></li>
            <li><a href="#">Item 8</a></li>
            <li><a href="#">Item 9</a></li>
            <li><a href="#">Item 10</a></li>
        </ul>
    
        <div class="controls">
            <div class="prev">
            prev
            </div>
    
            <div class="next">
            next
            </div>
        </div>
    </div>

Script47 · Accepted Answer · 2017-09-06 08:25:26Z

2

Very simply, add a flag such as is_enabled and when they enable/disable, set is_enabled respectively then when they try to use the carousel check if your is_enabled flag is false, if it is return false so execution stops.

Update

By flag I simply mean a variable which has been created for the purpose of checking if a condition has been met, generally Boolean of a value.

Example

Simple example below of a click even being prevented by a flag.

JSFiddle

edited Sep 6, 2017 at 8:25

answered Sep 6, 2017 at 8:15

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clestcruz Over a year ago

Sorry for my ignorance, not yet familiar with adding flags is_enabled

Omid Moghadas · Accepted Answer · 2021-03-16 10:17:25Z

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you can easy handle this issue with this code after you function see this codes

function disableClick() {
   document.getElementById('yourId you want disable on click').onclick = "";
}

answered Mar 16, 2021 at 10:17

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