Question

I have a function set up like so:

setInterval(function () { get_fb(); }, 10000);

I’d like to reset the timer to 10 seconds whenever a user does something (like hover over an element or click an element)

How would I tell the program to do something like this?

Answer 1

Is you assign the timer to a variable you can clear it and restart it like this:

var timer = setInterval(get_fb, 10000);

$('#foo').click(function() {
    clearInterval(timer); // stop timer

    // do something...

    timer = setInterval(get_fb, 10000); // restart timer
});