Disable AddEventListener On Submit

Question

I am trying to disable the function I pass to addEventListener when the user clicks on submit. I put code in to prevent user from leaving page if they have entered

Answer 1

Was able to solve this problem using the suggestion that was made by Bipperty via this SO issue...Narrow Down BeforeUnload To Only Fire If Field Is Changed or Updated. Ultimately the code below is what I used to turn off beforeunload when submitting the form....

var submitting = false;

window.addEventListener("beforeunload", function (event) {
  console.log('checking form');

  let inputValue = document.querySelector('#myInput').value;
  if(inputValue.length > 0 && submitting === false) {
    console.log(inputValue);
    event.returnValue = 'Are you sure you wish to leave?';
  }

  event.preventDefault();

});

document.addEventListener("submit", function(event) { 
  submitting = true;
});