Halt attack?

[TheGentleMan]

New user here... using CF 1.8.9 

Can someone instruct me how to set it up so that my troops do not attack? There are instances when I don't want to attack - for example, when I activate a week long shield, I might want to simply collect my own resources for that time period, and not lose shield time (and gold) every time my troops attack an opponent. 

I saw that there used to be a feature called "halt attack" but apparently it was not included in the latest release. 

Thanks!

What does "Halt attack" does ? i don't understand