jQuery - die( type, fn ) Method

Description:

The die( type, fn ) method does the opposite of live() method, it removes a bound live event.

Syntax:

Here is the simple syntax to use this method −

selector.die( type, fn )

Parameters:

Here is the description of all the parameters used by this method −

type: This is an optional paramter and represents a live event type to unbind.
fn: A function to unbind from the event on each of the set of matched elements.

Example:

Following is a simple example a simple showing the usage of this method.

<html>
<head>
<title>the title</title>
   <script type="text/javascript" 
   src="/jquery/jquery-1.3.2.min.js">
      </script>
   <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript">
   
   $(document).ready(function() {

       function aClick() {
         $("div").show().fadeOut("slow");
       }
       $("#bind").click(function () {
         $("#theone").live("click", aClick)
                  .text("Can Click!");
       });
       $("#unbind").click(function () {
         $("#theone").die("click", aClick)
                  .text("Does nothing...");
       });

   });

   </script>
   <style>
     button { margin:5px; }
     button#theone { color:red; background:yellow; }
  </style>
</head>
<body>
    <button id="theone">Does nothing...</button>
    <button id="bind">Bind Click</button>
    <button id="unbind">Unbind Click</button>
    <div style="display:none;">Click!</div>
</body>
</html>

To understand it in better way you can Try it yourself.