You can use what I call a one-shot timer for this. The name comes from a
one-shot timer in electronic circuits - it may not be exactly the right
name, but it does what you want. :-)
First, you need a function that creates a one-shot timer:
function oneshot() {
var timer;
return function( fun, time ) {
clearTimeout( timer );
timer = setTimeout( fun, time );
};
}
Then, use that function to create a specific one-shot timer for your
autosuggest:
var suggestOneshot = oneshot();
Finally, use that one-shot timer. Let's say you have this function call in
your keyup handler:
doAutoSuggest();
Assuming you want to wait 1/2 second after the user stops typing, replace
that function call with:
suggestOneshot( doAutoSuggest, 500 );
That will call doAutoSuggest once, 500ms after the end of any burst of
typing with less than 500ms between keystrokes.
-Mike
> From: chris at zeus
>
> I've got an autosuggest script that runs every onkeyup. So
> for every key stroke, the script calls the server.
>
> I would much rather see this script call the server after the
> user stops typing, or if while typing, after a set number of
> microseceonds have passed before calling the server to run
> its search suggestions.
>
> Any thoughts?
