delay on keypress event

[rezzonico]

Hi all,

I have a datagrid with a combogrid field.
On this field and I have a "bind" on a "keypress" event:

Code:

odlEditor.target.combogrid('textbox').bind('keypress', function() {
   $.ajax({
      ...
   });
});

This works.
But to limit the execution of the ajax code I want to add a "delay" to the "keypress" event.
How is it possible ?

Thanks for any help.
Miche

[jarry]

The popular way to solve this issue is to use 'setTimeout' and 'clearTimeout' functions to delay an action on the 'keypress' event.

Code:

var timer = null;
.bind('keypress', function(){
	if (timer){
		clearTimeout(timer);
	}
	timer = setTimeout(function(){
		$.ajax({...})
	}, 400);
})

[rezzonico]

It works !

Thanks a lot.
Miche