Here's what I would do. Hope this makes sense:
[0] On key down, set some global state variable to true.
[1] On key up, set the state variable to false.
[1a] Then use setTimeout() to have it call a new function in 1 second
(adjust for usability).
[2] Your new function will look to to see if the state variable from
[1] is still false. If it is false, do your ajax. If it is not
false, do nothing.
On Jan 14, 8:20 pm, Info <i...@vglservices.com> wrote:
> Hi There,
> I have some code (below) that does an ajax call on keyup of a form
> field. It works great.....but I really want to pause the call for 1
> sec after they do the keyup to allow them to put in some text. Is
> there a way to take this code and do that?
>
> $(document).ready(function(){
> $('#search').keyup(function() {
> var searchVal = $('#search').val();
> $.ajax({
> type: 'GET',
> url: 'qryget_customers.php',
> data: 'search=' + searchVal,
> dataType: 'html',
> beforeSend: function() {
> $('#search_slips').html('<img
> src="../common/images/ajax-
> loader.gif" alt="loading..." />');
> },
> success: function(response) {
> $('#search_slips').html(response);
> }
> });
> });
>
> });
