You basically want to have a timer that gets "canceled" if a key is
pressed before it executes. Something like this:
var search_timeout = undefined;
$(...).bind('keyup', function() {
if(search_timeout != undefined) {
clearTimeout(search_timeout);
}
var $this = this; // save reference to 'this' so we can use it in
timeout function
search_timeout = setTimeout(function() {
search_timeout = undefined;
// do stuff with $this here
}, 500);
});
The 500 is the delay in ms. All that undefined checking might not be
necessary, I'm just a paranoid programmer :) Good luck.
--Erik
On 3/15/07, blemming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I'm trying to put together a live search input for an internal app I'm
> working on and I can't seem to figure out how to delay the ajax call to only
> fire if the user hasn't typed a character for half a second or so. That
> way, the request isn't firing after every character is entered as the user
> is typing.
>
> Here is what I'm using, but I would like to build in some functionality
> $('#search').bind('keyup',function() {
> str = $('#search').val();
> if(str.length >= 3){
> $.ajax(.....)
> }
> }
>
> Thanks for the help.....
>
> Cheers, David
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