Question

What is the best way to ignore running code when a button is clicked? I am trying the following but I currently get not reaction how I want it done.

if (!document.getElementById('btn_Cancel').getAttribute('onclick')) {
      // code not to be ran when button is clicked
         By default code gets ran when a textbox goes onblur so do not want that code ran when button gets clicked
}

Answer 1

You’re going to want to make a reference to that element, so you don’t end up looking it up each time it’s clicked and you’ll need a variable to keep track of whether it’s been clicked or not:

var cancelButton = document.getElementById('btn_Cancel'),
    clicked = false;

cancelButton.addEventListener('click', function() { clicked = !clicked; }, false); 

// assuming this is in a loop or something:
if(!clicked) { 
    // running code 
}
else {
   // clicked, do nothing
}