Start / Stop keypress event jquery

Question

I have a problem. I want to stop keypress event when space is pressed, then I want to do something and finally I need to "restart" this function. It is possibile? How can I do this?

Thank you in advance

$(document).keypress(function(e) {
     if(e.keyCode == 32)
          // stop keypress function
          // do something
          // restart keypress function
}

Answer 1

I believe you have two choices.

Disable the handler:

$(document).on('keypress', function keypressHandler(e) {
    //disable handler
    $(document).off('keypress');

    //do stuff

    //enable keypress handler
    $(document).on('keypress', keypressHandler);    
});

Use a flag:

var keyHandlerActive = true;
$(document).on('keypress', function(e) {
    if (!keyHandlerActive) { return; }
    keyHandlerActive = false;

    //do stuff

    keyHandlerActive = true;    
});