setinterval

Is there any way to kill a setInterval loop through an Onclick button

Hey folks. So, I got an infinite loop to work in this function using setInterval attached to an onClick. Problem is, I can't stop it using clearInterval in an onClick. I think this is because when I attach a clearInterval to an onClick, it kills a specific interval and not the function altogether. Is there anything I can do to kill all i...

jQuery event handling with .live() problem with setInterval and clearInterval

jQuery 1.4.2: I have an image. When the mouseover event is triggered, a function is executed that runs a loop to load several images. On the contrary, the mouseout event needs to set the image back to a predetermined image and no longer have the loop executing. These are only for the images with class "thumb": $("img.thumb").live("mous...

JavaScript - Does the browser keep track of active timer IDs?

Does the browser keep track of active setInterval and setTimeout IDs? Or is this solely up to the developer to keep track of? If it does keep track of them, is it accessible via the BOM? ...

Problems with multiple setIntervals running simultaneously

Hello, My first post here. I want to make a horizontal menu with submenu's sliding down on mouseover. I know I could use jQuery but this is to practice my javascript skills. I use the following code: var up = new Array() var down = new Array() var submenustart function titleover(headmenu, inter) { submenu = headmenu.lastChild up...

Javascript Anonymous Functions and Global Variables

I thought I would try and be clever and create a Wait function of my own (I realise there are other ways to do this). So I wrote: var interval_id; var countdowntimer = 0; function Wait(wait_interval) { countdowntimer = wait_interval; interval_id = setInterval(function() { --countdowntimer <=0 ? clearInterval(interval_id) : nu...

jQuery: setInterval animations?

Currently I'm trying to make some sort of vertical auto-scrolling. This is my code $(document).ready(function() { var reachEnd = false; var top = 0; function animateMargin(){ if(top == -720){ reachEnd = true; } if(reachEnd == false){ $('#bslider').animate({'marginTop' : '-=240px'}, 500); top -=240; ...

setInterval pauses in Android Browser / Mobile Safari when screen times out

I've built a simple JavaScript-based timer for a mobile webapp; for the sake of example: var a = 0; setInterval(function() { console.log('a', a); a++; }, 1000); This runs just fine in both Mobile Safari and Android Browser. It will log to console every second and increment the value of a accordingly. (Okay, Android Browser doe...

JQuery Each setInterval Repeat Problem

I'm using a set interval function with jQuery to loop through a list of times on a calendar so that the individual divs can be refreshed. First I put this code on a page that was called via Ajax, but the function would never receive the new date variable set. It would just recognize the variable it saw when the page was first loaded. Th...

timer in JS without getting error in js

I would like to add a js window.setInterval timer to a page, but Firefox gives me a warning message: "A script on this page may be busy, or it may have stopped responding. You can stop the script now, open the script in the debugger, or let the script continue." window.setInterval(function() { doSomthing(); }, 500); Is there ...

execute a method on an existing object with window.setInterval

Hi, Is it possible to run the method on an existing object on timeout of window.setInterval method. I can emulate the same by having some global variable and calling the method of this global variable in setInterval, but i wanted to know if this is possible using the method directly. Best Regards, Keshav ...

Attention JavaScript gurus: Need a hand with setInterval()

I am trying to make a non interactive display for a real estate shop window. It's been a while since I've played with setInterval(). The first time my script steps through, it is fine. But when it tries to get the next property via getNextProperty(), it starts to go haywire. If you have Firebug, or an equivalent output of console.log()...

jquery nth-selecting and setInterval

Hey all. Basically, I want the the next image to be clicked using jquery every second: jQuery: var i=1; setInterval(function() { $(".portfolio :nth-child("+i+")").click(); if (i<5) {i++;} else {i=1;} }, 1000); HTML: <div class="portfolio"> <ul> <li><img src="images/4.jpg" alt="4" id="promo_one"></li> <li><img src...

Is looping events in JavaScript using document.dispatchEvent possible?

I'd like to create an event loop mechanism in JavaScript/DOM using only dispatchEvent calls. For example: document.addEventListener("LoopingEvent", loop, true); var loop = function() { doSomeWork(); updateUI(); document.dispatchEvent(loopEvent); }; var loopEvent = document.createEvent('Events'); loopEvent.initEvent("Loopin...

flash setinterval function slow in IE

Hi, why flash setinterval function is too slow in IE.. Pls help how to fix it . ? Best Regards, Satish Kalepu ...

how to settimeout in flex 4?

Hello friends, what is the setTimeout function in Flex 4? I tried the old methods like setTimeout () or setInterval but not working, not found any web references as well, anyone know? Thank you all ...

setInterval with other jQuery events - Too many recursions

Hello, I'm trying to build a Javascript listener for a small page that uses AJAX to load content based on the anchor in the URL. Looking online, I found and modified a script that uses setInterval() to do this and so far it works fine. However, I have other jQuery elements in the $(document).ready() for special effects for the menus and...

javascript setInterval not working for object.

SO, I'm trying to create a javascript object, and use the setInterval method. This doesn't seem to be working. If I remove the quotes, then the method runs once. Any ideas why? Also, I'm using Jquery. <script> $(function(){ var kP = new Kompost(); setInterval('kP.play()', kP.interval); }); var Kompost = function() { this.inte...

Load and replace image with same name - load and cache image problem

I am trying to load a image from the server (same name but always a new image) into the html page - tag: #webCamStageImage. So far I can load the image but the browser doesn't show me the new image - I guess it's a caching problem - because when I turn on "disable WebCore Cache" in Safari it works. Heres my code: setInterval(function()...

javascript timer or intervals created in loop using closure

I'm using jQuery to setup a timer or interval loop on a few elements to check them every couple seconds. I've tried setting a timer and checking if I should restart it, or setting and interval and checking if I should stop it. Although simplified, this is basically what I need: var mytimers = new Array(); $('div.items').each(function(...

JavaScript context problem using setInterval with prototype

Hi I'm trying to get my head round this context problem while using prototypal inheritence (which I've not really played with before). I have an AutoScroller object: function AutoScroller() { this.timer = null; } AutoScroller.prototype = { stop: function() { if (this.timer == null) { return; } clear...