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://www.tutorialspoint.com/jquery/jquery-3.6.0.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 −

jquery-effects.htm