如何取消Meteor.setTimeout？

Question

How to cancel a Meteor.setTimeout in the middle?

Meteor.setTimeout(() => {
    console.log("Start!");
}, 10000);

In this case, I want to use a button to cancel it in the middle of 10 seconds. Don't let it show "Start!".

If there is no way to cancel, is there any alternative way? Thanks

Answer 1

Meteor gives you a numeric handle to identify your timeout so you can store this to a variable

var myTimeOutHandle = Meteor.setTimeout(function(){console.log("clearTimeout never called")}, 10000);

and then call this inside your event on the button

Meteor.clearTimeout(myTimeOutHandle);