Thanks,
What I ended up doing was grabbing the current time before I make the
AJAX call, and then storing it in a "latest_keypress_time" data
variable in the textbox jQuery object. Then, in the callback, compare
the keypress_time from before the AJAX call to the
"latest_keypress_time" data variable, to see if the one we're
processing is the latest one.
$("#my_textbox").keyup(function() {
var textbox = this;
var keypress_time = new Date();
$(textbox).data("latest_keypress_time", keypress_time);
// other code...
$.get("ajax_script.php", data, function(response) {
if (keypress_time < $(textbox).data("latest_keypress_time"))
{
return;
} // end if (keypress_time , $
(textbox).data("latest_keypress_time"))
// other callback code
}); // end $.get()
}); // end $("#my_textbox").keyup()
Works *fairly* well - as long as you don't type faster than one
keypress per millisecond. :)
Jamie
On Apr 21, 5:18 pm, Donald J Organ IV <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> You would need something to keep track of the time between keyDown events
> then just pick the amount of time you want to trigger on.
> livefree75 wrote:Hi, I have an AJAX GET going out on KeyUp on a text box. I
> want to Cancel the request or ignore the response if a new AJAX request has
> gone out since the first one began. In other words, I only want to process
> the AJAX request when the user is "done" entering. a la GMail address lookup.
> What's the best way to do this? Jamie
