clear all intervals from page when Focused in input box

Question

is it possible to Stop Auto refresh when Focused in input box

<input type="text" id="input_box" />

   <script>
var  StopRefresh;

    $('#input_box').focus(function(){
      clearInterval('input_box');
    });

    </script>

this is what i have so far but it does not work can some how achieve this with jquery

Possible duplicate of [stop auto refresh when clicked on a div](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/37106862/stop-auto-refresh-when-clicked-on-a-div) — Dan, May 09 '16 at 04:51
The only way to clear an existing interval is to call `clearInterval()` with the id of the one you want to clear. So if you want to clear *all* intervals you need to keep track of the interval ids - perhaps `.push()` them to an array each time you call `setInterval()`, and then in your `.click()` handler loop through the array to call `clearInterval()` for each. — nnnnnn, May 09 '16 at 04:53
Define a function which call `clearInterval()` function for all the intervals. That's the only way or you can [check this link](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8635502/how-do-i-clear-all-intervals) — Shubham, May 09 '16 at 04:54
what if the id i want to click is in another page but no interval is set will i still be able to pull this off with just using `clearInterval('');` — james2569, May 09 '16 at 04:55
Passing an empty string to `clearInterval()` doesn't do anything. As I already mentioned, you have to pass the id that was previously returned by `setInterval()`. Please read [some documentation](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/WindowTimers/setInterval). — nnnnnn, May 09 '16 at 06:12

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered May 09 '16 at 05:07

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store your setIntervel to a variable like

var handle = setInterval('ANYTHING_YOUWANT', 20);

and when you want to clear it use

clearInterval(handle);

if you want to clear on textbox focus so use

<script>
    $(document).ready(function(){
        $('#input_box').focus(function(){
          clearInterval('handle');
        });
    });
</script>

answered May 09 '16 at 05:07

Gomzy

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so i should do this when i need to call it ` ` – james2569 May 09 '16 at 08:12
@james2569 for that you have to write like this `"` – Gomzy May 09 '16 at 08:26

clear all intervals from page when Focused in input box

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