hyperlink - How do I dynamically enable/disable links with jQuery?

Question

I have some links displayed on a page. I would like to enable/disable them based on other events on the page. Is there a way to do this with jQuery?

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3788946/how-do-i-dynamically-enable-disable-links-with-jquery

Answer 1

$('selector_for_links_to_disable').bind('click', function(e){
        e.preventDefault();
})

and for enabling:

$('selector_for_links_to_enable').unbind('click')