jQuery: on click disable click event till response from ajax call

Question

Doing following in jQuery:

$('#signupbox1').on('click', '#signup1', function() {

    var str = $('#signupform').serialize();

    // make it look like a waiting button
    $('#signup1').addClass("btn_wait");
    var btn_val = $('#signup1').val();
    $('#signup1').val('');

    $.ajax({
        type: "POST",
        url: "signup_step1.php",
        data: str,
        success: function(msg) {

            //doing stuff here

        $('#signup1').removeClass("btn_wait");
        $('#signup1').val(btn_val);
        }
    });

});

How could you disable the click event as well till you receive an answer from the ajax call? So, when you click on the button it not only "transforms" to a waiting button because of the added class, but also the click event will be "paused"... is this possible?

Thank you very much in advance!

Answer 1

$('#signupbox1').on('click', '#signup1', function() {

    var str = $('#signupform').serialize();

    // make it look like a waiting button
    var btn_val = $('#signup1').val();
    $('#signup1').addClass("btn_wait").val('').unbind('click');

    $.ajax({
        type: "POST",
        url: "signup_step1.php",
        data: str,
        success: function(msg) {
            $('#signup1').removeClass("btn_wait").val(btn_val);
        },
        complete: function() {
            $('#signup1').bind('click'); // will fire either on success or error
        }
    });

});