I have a link that opens a new page and I was wondering if there was a way that would make the link only click-able once so the form cannot be submitted numerous times.
<div id="addSection"><a class="addSection"
onclick="javascript:writeBookmark(this); var newwin = window.open('<c:url value="/URL_WINDOW"/>',
'additional', 'width=400,height=280,toolbar=no,,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizeable=no'); newwin.focus(); return null;">
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I have JavaScript to do this with buttons but not sure how to do it when I am not dealing with buttons.
First, I would move your click handler so that it's not applied inline. Then, I would add some code to the handler to either remove the link itself or replace the click handler with one that pops up a message that the link can only be used once.
Example (using jQuery)
$('.addSection').on('click', function(e) {
e.preventDefault();
writeBookmark(this);
var newwin = window.open('<c:url value="/URL_WINDOW"/>',
'additional',
'width=400,height=280,toolbar=no,,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizeable=no');
newwin.focus();
$(this).off('click').on('click', function() {
alert('You've already performed this action');
});
});