Pausing Blinkies and Other Moving GIFs — How Is It Done?

[lumiosecity]

Howdy!

I’m currently coping with the fact that I won’t have completed my Small Web September goals by the last check-in (WiFi’s out and won’t be back til October, on account of Recent Weather Events, alas) by compiling resources for when I finally get to crack open a code file again, and I’ve been wondering…

On other people’s personal sites, I keep seeing an option to toggle the movement of blinkies and other decorative GIFs on and off, but when I try to look up how to do it myself, I keep running into dead ends and/or jargon I have no idea how to decipher, and I’m not currently in a position where I can view page sources and poke around the guts to figure it out on my own (technical limitations, alas). I really want to add a toggle like this to my site, because I am in the deeply ironic position of being a photosensitive blinkie collector and it would be incredibly useful.

So far I’ve managed to figure out that it’s probably something to do with JavaScript, but beyond that, I’m lost.

Does anyone have any leads, suggestions, or resources?

Thank you so much in advance. :)

Comments

[enchantedsleeper]

Ooof, really sorry about your wifi troubles - I hope you're staying safe during Weather Events and that the wifi comes back soon!

[lumiosecity]

I’m lucky enough to be safe, thankfully. Last message from the company was putting the estimation for its return sometime Wednesday, so hopefully it won’t be too much longer!

Thank you for the well-wishes, I appreciate them.