stop( [clearQueue, gotoEnd ]) Method
Description
The stop( [clearQueue, gotoEnd ]) method stops all the currently running animations on all the specified elements.
Syntax
Here is the simple syntax to use this method −
selector.stop( [clearQueue], [gotoEnd] ) ;
Parameters
Here is the description of all the parameters used by this method −
clearQueue − This is optional boolean parameter. When set to true clears the animation queue, effectively stopping all queued animations.
gotoEnd − This is optional boolean parameter. A Boolean (true/false) that when set to true causes the currently playing animation to immediately complete, including resetting original styles on show and hide and calling the callback function.
Example
Following is a simple example a simple showing the usage of this method −
Live Demo<html> <head> <title>The jQuery Example</title> <script type = "text/javascript" src = "https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.3/jquery.min.js"> </script> <script type = "text/javascript" language = "javascript"> $(document).ready(function() { $("#go").click(function(){ $(".target").animate({left: '+=100px'}, 2000); }); $("#stop").click(function(){ $(".target").stop(); }); $("#back").click(function(){ $(".target").animate({left: '-=100px'}, 2000); }); }); </script> <style> p {background-color:#bca; width:250px; border:1px solid green;} div{position: absolute; left: 50px; top:300px;} </style> </head> <body> <p>Click on any of the following buttons:</p> <button id = "go"> GO</button> <button id = "stop"> STOP </button> <button id = "back"> BACK </button> <div class = "target"> <img src = "/jquery/images/jquery.jpg" alt = "jQuery" /> </div> </body> </html>
This will produce following result −