javascript – How to reenable event.preventDefault?-ThrowExceptions

Exception or error:

I have a web page which I have prevented the default action on all submit buttons, however I would like to re-enable default submit action on a button how can I do this?

I am currently preventing the default action using the following:

$("form").bind("submit", function(e){
e.preventDefault();
});

I have successfully done this using the following:

$(document).ready(function(){
$("form:not('#press')").bind("submit", function(e){
e.preventDefault();
});

But can I do this dynamically when the button is clicked?

How to solve:

You would have to unbind the event and either rebind to a separate event that does not preventDefault or just call the default event yourself later in the method after unbinding.
There is no magical event.cancelled=false;

As requested

 $('form').submit( function(ev){

         ev.preventDefault();

         //later you decide you want to submit
         $(this).unbind('submit').submit()

  });

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Either you do what redsquare proposes with this code:

function preventDefault(e) {
    e.preventDefault();
}
$("form").bind("submit", preventDefault);

// later, now switching back
$("form#foo").unbind("submit", preventDefault);

Or you assign a form attribute whenever submission is allowed. Something like this:

function preventDefault(e) {
    if (event.currentTarget.allowDefault) {
        return;
    }
    e.preventDefault();
}
$("form").bind("submit", preventDefault);

// later, now allowing submissions on the form
$("form#foo").get(0).allowDefault = true;

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function(e){ e.preventDefault();

and its opposite

function(e){ return true; }

cheers!

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$('form').submit( function(e){

     e.preventDefault();

     //later you decide you want to submit
     $(this).trigger('submit');     or     $(this).trigger('anyEvent');

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With async actions (timers, ajax) you can override the property isDefaultPrevented like this:

$('a').click(function(evt){
  e.preventDefault();

  // in async handler (ajax/timer) do these actions:
  setTimeout(function(){
    // override prevented flag to prevent jquery from discarding event
    evt.isDefaultPrevented = function(){ return false; }
    // retrigger with the exactly same event data
    $(this).trigger(evt);
  }, 1000);
}

This is most complete way of retriggering the event with the exactly same data.

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You can re-activate the actions by adding

this.delegateEvents();  // Re-activates the events for all the buttons

If you add it to the render function of a backbone js view, then you can use event.preventDefault() as required.

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