[thelist] [Javascript] FIXED swicthing off a function

Ben Morrison ben.morrison at dogstardesign.co.uk
Thu Jan 15 11:07:05 CST 2004


On 15/1/04 12:58 pm, "Hershel Robinson" <hershelr at netvision.net.il> wrote:

> Make sure you leave your mouse ON the image for the full 2 seconds, or you
> could end up with cycles. Because the setTimeout didn't have time to see
> that you rolled over.
>
> It might be smarter to consider using a variable to hold your timeout and
> then using clearTimeout to end that timeout onrollover.

Simpler solution to what I had, used clearInterval instead:

function enableRotate() {
slideTimer = setInterval('rotateImage()', 4000);
}

function disableRotate() {
clearInterval(slideTimer);
}

Thanks

ben




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