topic Re: is it possible to disconnect an onClick event listener? in ArcGIS JavaScript Maps SDK Questions

is it possible to disconnect an onClick event listener?

BradCochran — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 12:19:13 GMT

basically i want to enable and disable the onClick listener at will. is this possible?

i see where you can do a dojo.disconnect(map, "onClick"); on unload but I want to be able to turn it on and off via a function.

if this isn't possible are there any other creative solutions to this problem? i can achieve the desired effect I am after by just hiding the div that is getting the results from my onclick event, but this seems like a waste of resources.

thanks in advance.

Re: is it possible to disconnect an onClick event listener?

derekswingley1 — Sun, 12 Dec 2021 03:41:06 GMT

dojo.connect returns a handle that you can use to disconnect the event listener. Use something like this in your code:

var map_click_handle = dojo.connect(map, 'onClick' some_function);
dojo.disconnect(map_click_handle);

Of course that's a simplified example... Check out the docs for dojo.connect and dojo.disconnect.

Re: is it possible to disconnect an onClick event listener?

AxelSchaefer — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 10:27:09 GMT

Please read the Concepts part of the ArcGIS Server JS-API documentation: Working with events

Re: is it possible to disconnect an onClick event listener?

BradCochran — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 13:59:55 GMT

awesome thanks!