Question

I have an anchor which is using jQuery .click event to start a few functions.

jQuery(document).ready(function(){  
    jQuery('a.slide_circ').click(function(){ 
        do_all_functions();
        return false; 
    });
});

This is the code in short..
Its working as it needs to, every click on anchor class slide_circ start do_all_functions.

But I have a problem there. If user make double clicks they run 2 times or more the functions…
And the how idea go to hell.

I think that I need to disable the double click some way or to set timeout on my function so its not running each time. Can anyone help me ?

Answer 1

Use the .data method to assign the state to the element. Then, use setTimeout to reset the state:

jQuery(document).ready(function() {
    jQuery('a.slide_circ').click(function() { 
        var $this = jQuery(this);
        if ($this.data('activated')) return false;  // Pending, return

        $this.data('activated', true);
        setTimeout(function() {
            $this.data('activated', false)
        }, 500); // Freeze for 500ms

        do_all_functions();
        return false; 
    });
});