This lesson covers how to toggle an observable on and off from another observable by showing how to use a checkbox as a toggle for a stream of data.html
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <script src="https://npmcdn.com/@reactivex/rxjs@5.0.0-alpha.8/dist/global/Rx.js"></script> <meta charset="utf-8"> <title>JS Bin</title> </head> <body> <input type="checkbox" id="toggle"> <div id="display"></div> </body> </html>
const display = document.querySelector('#display'); const toggle = document.querySelector('#toggle'); const source$ = Rx.Observable.interval(100) .map(() => '.'); const checked$ = Rx.Observable.fromEvent(toggle, 'change') .map(e => e.target.checked); const sourceThatStop$ = source$.takeUntil(checked$); checked$ .filter( flag => flag === true) .switchMapTo( sourceThatStop$ ) .subscribe( (x) => { display.innerHTML += x; });