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Hey Dan! You need to store the interval in a variable and then clear it when and where you want to.

interval = Utils.interval 0.5, ->
clearInterval interval

Thanks Joshua Tucker. that makes sense. i'm not familiar with the clear function?

Of course! clearInterval is the Coffeescript way (writing out wise) of doing window.clearInterval() - https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/WindowTimers/clearInterval

Utils.interval is a function that the Framer guys created to make it more user-friendly to set intervals. In the source, it's using window.setInterval - https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/WindowTimers/setInterval

thanks Josh, makes sense. but the syntax doesn't seem to be working...

clearInterval myInterval

Make sure your interval variable is available in both scopes. Declaring it the first time inside the if statement locks it in there. myInterval is undefined in the else if statement if the variable isn't available in its scope. Making it global gets it working.

boom! that's it. schoolboy error. y'know I coded in c++ back at uni so I should remember the simple things like scope but it's been a while.....

thanks so much Joshua Tucker

Dan Clarke Right on man! It's all good – we're all learning here :). Cheers! Always happy to help.

i wonder if anyone else has 'learning a new language' difficulties. I've found a few times that the syntax in java/coffee script has taken some adjustment where I think I could "just do it" in c++ but not in coffee

It definitely has a learning curve. I took one programming language in college but it didn't stick, at least not to my knowledge of how I began learning JS/CS. Syntax comes with practice, a lot of reading, and just straight up tinkerin'! Don't be disheartened friend :). I recommend searching the group and online for Framer tutorials or Coffeescript stuff. Lots of great resources that expedite your ability to be proficient. Well worth it.

Thanks man. Yeah there has been lots of hacking so far and this group has been amazing! I've done pretty well with modules and some more complex stuff and then it's just the 'simple' stuff that's easy to forget

I intend to share some of my completed works on here at some point....

That would be very cool! We'd love to see them. Yeah, the simple stuff gets the best of all of us. Story of my life! Haha.