Stop a Function, jQuery

Question

I'm using this blink function

(function($)
{
  $.fn.blink = function(options)
   {
       var defaults = { delay:500 };
       var options = $.extend(defaults, options);

       return this.each(function()
       {
           var obj = $(this);
           setInterval(
            function(){
               if($(obj).css("visibility") == "visible") {
                  $(obj).css('visibility','hidden');
               }
               else{
                  $(obj).css('visibility','visible');
               }
             },
            options.delay);
        });
    }
}(jQuery))

$("#bootUp p").blink({delay:300});  

I'd like for it to stop on window.load

I'm not sure how to do it, exactly? Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks!

Answer 1

Live Demo

You need to track the ints returned from setInterval and then clearInterval for each of them.

var intervals = new Array();

(function($)
{
  $.fn.blink = function(options)
   {
       var defaults = { delay:500 };
       var options = $.extend(defaults, options);

       return this.each(function()
       {
           var obj = $(this);
           intervals[intervals.length] = setInterval(
            function(){
               if($(obj).css("visibility") == "visible") {
                  $(obj).css('visibility','hidden');
               }
               else{
                  $(obj).css('visibility','visible');
               }
             },
            options.delay);
        });
    }
}(jQuery))

$("#bootUp p").blink({delay:300});
$("#bootUp2 p").blink({delay:300});

$(document).ready(function(){
    for(var i=0;i<intervals.length;i++){
        clearInterval(intervals[i]);
    } 
});

Answer 2

The most correct solution would be store the ids returned by setInterval, and then clear them all with clearInterval. However, a more simple/braindead approach is just:

$("#bootUp p").replaceWith($("#bootUp p").clone());