title: jquery toggle, prevent clicking during toggle
body: <p>Given the following jquery code..</p>
  
  <pre><code>jQuery.fn.sliding = function () {
  
      return this.each(function () {
  
          $(this).bind('ON_CONTENT_CHANGING', function (e) {
              $(this).block({
                  overlayCSS: { opacity: 1, color: '#000' },
                  timeout: 800
              });
          });
  
          $(this).bind('ON_CONTENT_CHANGED', function (e) {
              $(this).sliding();
              $(this).unblock();
          });
  
          var $panels = $(this).find('.scrollContainer &gt; div');
          var $container = $(this).find('.scrollContainer');
          var $resized = $panels.css({ 'width': $(this).width() - 44 });
  
  
  
          // if false, we'll float all the panels left and fix the width 
          // of the container
          var horizontal = true;
  
          // float the panels left if we're going horizontal
          if (horizontal) {
              $panels.css({
                  'float': 'left',
                  'position': 'relative' // IE fix to ensure overflow is hidden
              });
  
              // calculate a new width for the container (so it holds all panels)
              $container.css('width', $panels[0].offsetWidth * $panels.length);
          }
  
          // collect the scroll object, at the same time apply the hidden overflow
          // to remove the default scrollbars that will appear
          var $scroll = $(this).find('.scroll').css('overflow', 'hidden');
  
          // handle nav selection
          function selectNav() {
              $(this)
              .parents('ul:first')
                  .find('a')
                      .removeClass('selected')
                  .end()
              .end()
              .addClass('selected');
          }
  
          $(this).find('.navigation').find('a').click(selectNav);
  
  
          // go find the navigation link that has this target and select the nav
          function trigger(data) {
              var el = $(this).find('.navigation').find('a[href$="' + data.id + '"]').get(0);
              selectNav.call(el);
          }
  
          if (window.location.hash) {
              trigger({ id: window.location.hash.substr(1) });
          } else {
              $('ul.navigation a:first').click();
          }
  
          // offset is used to move to *exactly* the right place, since I'm using
          // padding on my example, I need to subtract the amount of padding to
          // the offset.  Try removing this to get a good idea of the effect
          var offset = parseInt((horizontal ? $container.css('paddingTop') : $container.css('paddingLeft')) || 0) * -1;
  
  
          var scrollOptions = {
              target: $scroll, // the element that has the overflow
  
              // can be a selector which will be relative to the target
              items: $panels,
  
              navigation: '.navigation a',
  
              // allow the scroll effect to run both directions
              axis: 'xy',
  
              onAfter: trigger, // our final callback
  
              offset: offset,
  
              // duration of the sliding effect
              duration: 500,
  
              // easing - can be used with the easing plugin: 
              // http://gsgd.co.uk/sandbox/jquery/easing/ 
              easing: 'swing'
          };
  
          $(this).serialScroll(scrollOptions);
          $.localScroll(scrollOptions);
  
          scrollOptions.duration = 1;
          $.localScroll.hash(scrollOptions);
  
      });
  };
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Then this is the actual html file... </p>
  
  <pre><code>    $('#toggle').toggle(function (e) {
          if ($("#sidebar:animated, #canvas:animated").length) {
              e.preventDefault();
              return;
          }
  
          $(".ui-sliding").trigger('ON_CONTENT_CHANGING');
  
  
          $('#sidebar').hide('slide', { direction: 'right' }, 100, function () {
  
              $('#canvas').switchClass('span-17', 'span-24', 100, function () {
                  $(".ui-sliding").trigger('ON_CONTENT_CHANGED');
                  $('#toggle').switchClass('close', 'open');
              });
          })
      },
              function (e) {
                  if ($("#sidebar:animated, #canvas:animated").length) {
                      e.preventDefault();
                      return;
                  }
  
  
                  $(".ui-sliding").trigger('ON_CONTENT_CHANGING');
  
                  $('#canvas').switchClass('span-24', 'span-17', 100, function () {
                      $('#sidebar').show('slide', { direction: 'right' }, 100, function () {
                          $(".ui-sliding").trigger('ON_CONTENT_CHANGED');
                          $('#toggle').switchClass('open', 'close');
                      });
                  });
              });
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Is there any way to prevent the toggle from being fired again if someone clicks while it is performing the function?</p>
  
  <p>I referenced <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2489518/tell-jquery-to-ignore-clicks-during-an-animation-sequence">Tell jQuery to ignore clicks during an animation sequence</a> and the technique did not work. </p>