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SetTimeout not functioning properly

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You need to pass a function as an argument to setTimeout. Try this: timer = setTimeout(function() { switchBG(index); }, 10000); Doing setTimeout(switchBG(index), 10000); basically evaluates switchBG(index) and passes its return value (which is currently undefined) to setTimeout....

jQuery clearTimeout on ajax success is getting confused and not clearing previous timeouts

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The timer variable is scoped to your success function, so it's always null when your code to clear the old timeout is reached. Move the declaration of timer outside your AJAX call, and it should work. var timer = null; $.ajax({ beforeSend: function() { ... }, success: function(data) { if(timer)...

setTimeout keeps running after clearTimeout has been called

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I've played around with setTimeout and setInterval but I think it's better to use a recursive call in the done callback of jQuery animate. Also stopping is then pretty easy with $('.plwid').stop();. Please find the demo below and here at JSFiddle. function tomove() { $('.plwid').animate({ left: '+=10' }, 100, 'linear',...

JS - how to remove setTimeOut for my code

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You have to tell the script if the message is already showing or not, that way you avoid the multiple delays. Below is a working version of what I'm talking about. I hope that helps. var scrollHeight = 15; var message = $( ".message" ); var messagestatus = false; var...

Clearing multiple timeouts properly

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Finally made it to work. For posterities... var starr = [ 'bloop the boop', 'cammy the shadow', 'i like cauliflower', 'bro, i kick u hard', 'like measels? I dont.', 'eat fish and pie' ]; var writer = function(){ var timer; this.writeStat = function(str,dest) { var options = { "step" :...