Question

I am using Jquery tools, overlay effect and want to close it, if JSON response is OK, but i want to do it with a delay.

  $.ajax({
                //bla bla
                success: function(data){
                        var obj = jQuery.parseJSON(data);
                        if (obj.status=='OK')
                        {
                            $('#status').text('bla bla');
                            jQuery('.close').trigger('click');
                        }
                        else
                        {
                            $('#status').text('bla bla');                       
                        }
                    }
            }); 

so this – jQuery(‘.close’).trigger(‘click’); must be executed after some time. Any ideas?

Answer 1

setTimeout() is a native JavaScript function designed for this purpose.

setTimeout(function () {
   jQuery('.close').trigger('click');
}, 1000);

The last number there is the delay time in milliseconds.