Question

what i need is:

click in a button and make the blink event stop.

this is how i’m trying to do:

var blink = function(){
    $('#blinker').toggle();
};
setInterval(blink, 800);

$("#stopBlink").click(function(){
   clearInterval(blink); 
});

and dos not work, what i’m missing ?

Working example

Thanks!

Answer 1

All you need to do is:

blink_flag = setInterval(blink, 800);

$("#stopBlink").click(function(){
   clearInterval(blink_flag); 
});

I’d recommend adding:

$('#blinker').show();

After the clearInterval.