Stop animation from looping with jQuery

Question

What I want to happen is when I hover the cursor to an image, it will start the looping animation. And when I leave the cursor, it stops the animation. It indeed stops but the looping animation does not work anymore when I hover it to a image again.

$(".right-section img").mouseenter(function() {

  var hoveredImage = $(this).attr("id");

  function loop() {

    $("#" + hoveredImage).animate({
      bottom: "15px"
    }, 500).animate({
      bottom: 0
    }, 500, function() {
      loop();
    });
  }

  loop();

  $("#" + hoveredImage).mouseleave(function() {
    $(this).dequeue();
    $(this).css({
      bottom: ""
    });
  });

});

user_519413 · Answer

To do what you require call stop() to clear the animation queue for the img:

$(".right-section img").mouseenter(function() {
  function loop($img) {
    $img.animate({
      bottom: "15px"
    }, 500).animate({
      bottom: 0
    }, 500, function() {
      loop($img);
    });
  }

  loop($(this));
}).mouseleave(function() {
  $(this).stop(true);
});

.right-section img {
  width: 100px;
  height: 100px;
  display: block;
  background-color: #C00;
  position: absolute;
  bottom: 0;
}

That being said, a far better approach would be to use CSS for the animation. CSS performs better, and also it better meets the separation of concerns principle. Try this:

.right-section img {
  width: 100px;
  height: 100px;
  display: block;
  background-color: #C00;
  position: absolute;
  bottom: 0;
}

.right-section img:hover {
  animation: bounce 1s ease-in-out infinite;
}

@keyframes bounce {
  0% { bottom: 0; }
  50% { bottom: 15px; }
  100% { bottom: 0; }
}

Stop animation from looping with jQuery

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