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Paulo Capelo
Paulo Capelo

Reputation: 1092

Executing JavaScript after X seconds

I am building a interstitial page, using <div> and JavaScript, really simple script but neat.

Everything is working, but I also would like to close the div's after a few seconds (like 10 seconds, for example). Here what I have so far:

To load the div's I have a onload function like this:

onload="document.getElementById('div1').style.display='block';document.getElementById('div2').style.display='block'"

To hide the divs I have an onclick function like this:

<a href = "javascript:void(0)" onclick = "document.getElementById('div1').style.display='none';document.getElementById('div2').style.display='none'"></a>

How can I execute the onclick function with a timer, and how can I do it? It also has to be in JavaScript.

Upvotes: 85

Views: 206214

Answers (3)

Strelok
Strelok

Reputation: 51451

I believe you are looking for the setTimeout function.

To make your code a little neater, define a separate function for onclick in a <script> block:

function myClick() {
  setTimeout(
    function() {
      document.getElementById('div1').style.display='none';
      document.getElementById('div2').style.display='none';
    }, 5000);
}

then call your function from onclick

onclick="myClick();"

Upvotes: 141

Selvakumar Ponnusamy
Selvakumar Ponnusamy

Reputation: 5533

setTimeout will help you to execute any JavaScript code based on the time you set.

Syntax

setTimeout(code, millisec, lang)

Usage,

setTimeout("function1()", 1000);

For more details, see http://www.w3schools.com/jsref/met_win_settimeout.asp

Upvotes: 15

Dogbert
Dogbert

Reputation: 222158

onclick = "setTimeout(function() { document.getElementById('div1').style.display='none';document.getElementById('div2').style.display='none'}, 1000)"

Change 1000 to the number of milliseconds you want to delay.

Upvotes: 5

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