Use window.clearTimeout() to stop timer in JavaScript
Description
The following code shows how to use window.clearTimeout() to stop timer.
Example
<html>
<head>
<script language="JavaScript">
function showTime(){<!--from w w w .j av a2s . c o m-->
myTime = new Date();
myString = myTime.getHours() + ":" + myTime.getMinutes() + ":";
myString += myTime.getSeconds();
document.myForm.myText.value = myString;
}
function stopTime(){
window.clearTimeout(myTimeout);
}
var myTimeout = window.setTimeout("showTime()", 1000)
</script>
</head>
<body>
<form name="myForm">
<input type=TEXT size=20 value="" name="myText">
<input type=BUTTON value="Clear Timeout" onClick="stopTime()">
</form>
</body>
</html>
The code above generates the following result.
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