Jquery stop change event on manual trigger

Question

I have bound a change event on "select box" which call when user changes select box value manually. But I want to stop change event call when we trigger change event by javascript like $(element).trigger('change'). Please help

Answer 1

use the off function to remove an event listener.

$(element).off('change')

Answer 2

Trigger method have another parameter (extraParameter ) and put your data. In handler check extraParameter to findout it is manually or with javascript code.

$(element).trigger('change',{'isTriggeredBySystem':true})

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