[jQuery] Stop animation on the fly. (Stop effect, stop fade, stop slide, etc.)

[jQuery] Stop animation on the fly. (Stop effect, stop fade, stop slide, etc.)


I'm discovering a really huge drawback with jQuery.
There doesn't seem to be any simple solution to just stopping any
animation effect once it has been started.
I've seen all kinds of posts making requests for such a thing (i.e., $
("p").animationStop(); ), but nowhere have I seen any workarounds.
Is there a workaround? Is this implemented anywhere? I hear it's in
the pipelines, but I need it NOW. :)
Thanks.