I'd use an anonymous function and pass it to setTimeout like this :
var selector = '#whatever .selector';
var savVal = 'whatever value';
setTimeout(function() {
$(selector).val(savVal);
}, 1000);
Notes for the careful reader :
- There no "this" in the anonymous function, why is that ?
- Because in setTimeout this would refers to window which is the owner
of setTimeout.
- Why are the selector and savVal variables declared using var just
before we setTimeout ?
- Because I don't want to risk crossing whatever variables may hold
the same name in another context thus risking them being
overwritten by some
other script, but I want them to be part of the anonymous
function's context
when it is called.
Hope it helps.
Michel Belleville
2009/11/4 north <ollo...@web.de>
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to use a jQuery statement inside a setTimeout function, but
> I don't get it to work. I tried a lot of variants, like this one (I'm
> using 'this' because the setTimeout is inside an each function, and
> the selector is cached/stored in an object, thus the $selector):
>
> setTimeout("" + this.$selector + ".val('" + this.savVal + "')", 1);
>
> How do I have to write this?
>
> Thanks!
>
