I'm trying to create a function that will end a countdown timer, or automatically make the minutes and seconds part of the countdown timer === 0; however, it seems that using clearInterval(time) doesn't seem to work! Could anyone point out how I might be able to achieve what I'm trying to do!
Note that I've made startingMinutes = 1 just for my ease.
Below is the countdown function and HTML:
// FUNCTION - countDown function that counts down from 8 minutes
const startingMinutes = 1;
let time = startingMinutes * 60;
function updateCountDown() {
const minutes = Math.floor(time / 60);
let seconds = time % 60;
seconds = seconds < 1 ? '0' + seconds : seconds;
document.getElementById("countdown").innerHTML = `${minutes}:${seconds}`;
time--;
time = time < 0 ? 0 : time;
if (minutes == 0 && seconds == 0) {
document.getElementById('tableStyle').style.display = "block";
document.getElementById('wordsIncluded').style.display = "block";
document.getElementById('show_header_one').style.display = "block";
recognition.abort(); //speech recognition stops when countdown timer ends
isListening = false;
}
//my attempt at clearing the countdowntimer!
window.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function() {
document.getElementById("submit_button").addEventListener("click", function() {
clearInterval(time);
})});
HTML:
//where the countdown timer is displayed
<div id="circle"><p id="countdown">8:00</p></div>
//Click the below button and the countdown timer will end (minutes === 0 and seconds === 0)
<button id="submit_button" type="submit">Click to Submit</button>
To use clearInterval you need to pass it the value returned by setInterval
I have an example below using your code, where I pass the value from "setInterval" which I call "interval" to a function "stop" which calls "clearInterval" to stop the timer, and runs the code you were running.
let isListening = true;
const recognition = { abort: () => console.log('aborted') };
function updateCountDown(time) {
const minutes = Math.floor(time / 60);
const seconds = time % 60;
const timer = document.getElementById("countdown");
timer.textContent = `${minutes}:${seconds.toString().padStart(2, '0')}`;
}
function start(time) {
const interval = setInterval(() => {
if (--time) updateCountDown(time);
else stop(interval);
}, 1000);
document.getElementById("submit_button")
.addEventListener("click", () => stop(interval))
}
function stop(interval) {
updateCountDown(0); // This line sets time to 0
clearInterval(interval);
foo()
}
// I assume you want this to happen when the timer runs down or the button is clicked
function foo() {
document.getElementById('tableStyle').style.display = "block";
document.getElementById('wordsIncluded').style.display = "block";
document.getElementById('show_header_one').style.display = "block";
recognition.abort(); //speech recognition stops when countdown timer ends
isListening = false;
}
start(8*60)#tableStyle, #wordsIncluded, #show_header_one { display: none; }<p id="tableStyle">Table Style</p>
<p id="wordsIncluded">Words Included</p>
<p id="show_header_one">Show Header One</p>
<div id="circle">
<p id="countdown">8:00</p>
</div>
<button id="submit_button" type="submit">Click to Submit</button>const startingMinutes = 1;
let time = startingMinutes * 60;
var abort_count_down = true;
function updateCountDown() {
if (abort_count_down) {
const minutes = Math.floor(time / 60);
let seconds = time % 60;
seconds = seconds < 1 ? '0' + seconds : seconds;
document.getElementById("countdown").innerHTML = `${minutes}:${seconds}`;
time--;
time = time < 0 ? 0 : time;
if (minutes == 0 && seconds == 0) {
document.getElementById('tableStyle').style.display = "block";
document.getElementById('wordsIncluded').style.display = "block";
document.getElementById('show_header_one').style.display = "block";
recognition.abort(); //speech recognition stops when countdown timer ends
isListening = false;
}
};
//my attempt at clearing the countdowntimer!
window.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function() {
document.getElementById("submit_button").addEventListener("click", function() {
abort_count_down = false;
})});