Jquery set interval question

[stonedeft]

Hello forums

I have this code:

<div id="mainChat" style="display:none">
<div id="chatWindow"></div>
 
<script type="text/javascript">
setInterval("loadContent()", 1000 );
</script>
 
</div>

loadContent() is a function to load an external file inside "chatWindow" div. I want it to run every 1 second.

Question: does the setInterval function runs even if "mainChat" div is hidden?

Thanks

[ScallioXTX]

Yes, it does

[stonedeft]

Oh jeez it does! I'll have to call the interval somewhere else. Thanks scallioXtX

[Kalon]

or you can use javascript to check if the div is hidden or not before calling and assigning the setInterval() to a variable

 
var timer = setInterval("loadContent()", 1000 );

if the div subsequently becomes hidden/invisible then you can use clearInterval() to stop the setInterval from continuing