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cssyphus
cssyphus

Reputation: 40096

Using setTimeout to delay timing of jQuery actions

I am attempting to delay the swapping of text in a div. It should operate like a slider/carousel for text.

I must have the code wrong, as the final text replacement never happens.

Also, how would I animate introducing the replacement text (window blinds, for eg.)?

<html>
    <head>
        <script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.8.3/jquery.min.js"></script>
        <script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.10.3/jquery-ui.min.js"></script>
        <link rel="stylesheet" href="http://code.jquery.com/ui/1.9.1/themes/base/jquery-ui.css" />

        <script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function() {

    $("#showDiv").click(function() {
        $('#theDiv').show(1000, function() {
            setTimeout(function() {
                $('#theDiv').html('Here is some replacement text', function() {
                    setTimeout(function() {
                        $('#theDiv').html('More replacement text goes here');
                    }, 2500);
                });
            }, 2500);
        });
    }); //click function ends

}); //END $(document).ready()

        </script>
    </head>
<body>

    Below me is a DIV called "theDiv".<br><br>
    <div id="theDiv" style="background-color:yellow;display:none;width:30%;margin:0 auto;">
        This text is inside the Div called "theDiv".
    </div><br>
    <br>
    <input type="button" id="showDiv" value="Show DIV">



</body>
</html>

Upvotes: 30

Views: 264873

Answers (4)

Shahar Dudai
Shahar Dudai

Reputation: 1

This is how I solved the problem The menu closes a few seconds after mouse out (that if hover didn't fire),

//Set timer switch
$setM_swith=0;

$(function(){
    $(".navbar-nav li a").click(function(event) {
        if (!$(this).parent().hasClass('dropdown'))
            $(".navbar-collapse").collapse('hide');
    });
    $(".navbar-collapse").mouseleave(function(){
        $setM_swith=1;
        setTimeout(function(){ 
           if($setM_swith==1) {
             $(".navbar-collapse").collapse('hide');
             $setM_swith=0;} 
        }, 3000);
    });
    $(".navbar-collapse").mouseover(function() {
        $setM_swith=0;
    });
 });

Upvotes: 0

Yuval
Yuval

Reputation: 547

Try this:

function explode(){
  alert("Boom!");
}
setTimeout(explode, 2000);

Upvotes: 9

j08691
j08691

Reputation: 208002

.html() only takes a string OR a function as an argument, not both. Try this:

 $("#showDiv").click(function () {
     $('#theDiv').show(1000, function () {
         setTimeout(function () {
             $('#theDiv').html(function () {
                 setTimeout(function () {
                     $('#theDiv').html('Here is some replacement text');
                 }, 0);
                 setTimeout(function () {
                     $('#theDiv').html('More replacement text goes here');
                 }, 2500);
             });
         }, 2500);
     });
 }); //click function ends

jsFiddle example

Upvotes: 38

iconoclast
iconoclast

Reputation: 22680

You can also use jQuery's delay() method instead of setTimeout(). It'll give you much more readable code. Here's an example from the docs:

$( "#foo" ).slideUp( 300 ).delay( 800 ).fadeIn( 400 );

The only limitation (that I'm aware of) is that it doesn't give you a way to clear the timeout. If you need to do that then you're better off sticking with all the nested callbacks that setTimeout thrusts upon you.

Upvotes: 4

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