Question

I want to disable click event on two buttons for a while when another event is going and then reenable it.
.off method can block it, but using after .on can’t make click event on buttons available again.

$('#button-block-1').click(function () {
    $('#block-1, #block-1-expansion-button').stop().fadeToggle('slow');
    if ($('#block-1, #block-1-expansion-button').is(':visible')) {$('#block-2').fadeOut('slow')}
});
$('#button-block-2').click(function () {
    $('#block-2').stop().fadeToggle('slow');
    if ($('#block-2').is(':visible')) {$('#block-1, #block-1-expansion-button').fadeOut('slow')}
});

$('#block-1-expansion-button').toggle(function () {
    $('#body-wrapper').animate({
        'top': '20px'
    }, 450);
    $('#button-block-1, #button-block-2').off('click');
    },
    function () {
    $('#body-wrapper').animate({
        'top': '0'
    }, 450);
    $('#button-block-1, #button-block-2').on('click');
});

JsFiddle example

Answer 1

You should use prop() instead:

$('#button-block-1, #button-block-2').prop('disabled',true);//disabled buttons
$('#button-block-1, #button-block-2').prop('disabled',false);//enabled buttons