CODEWITHSUNDEEP
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Shawn
Shawn

Reputation: 1183

How to disable a button with a timed loop?

i'm trying to disable a button for 6 seconds while in a loop but so far I can't quite figure it out.

var disabledStartTimer = setInterval(disabledTimer, 1000);

function disabledTimer() {
    var start = 0;
    if (start > 6) {
        clearInterval(disabledStartTimer);
        console.log("disabled timer stopped");
        attack.disabled = true;
    } else {
        attack.disabled = false;
        start++;
    };
}

attack = the button I click to attack.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 83

Answers (1)

James Montagne
James Montagne

Reputation: 78750

var start = 0;
if (start > 6){

Clearly this will always go into the else. You set the variable to 0 and then test if it's greater than 6... it isn't. You likely wanted this to be a global, move it outside of the function.

Upvotes: 2

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