Question

I have a little code using jquery and I want to wait like, 300ms and then change a variable. I tried setTimeout but it wouldn’t work, it just made the variable change instantly.

setTimeout(animationWait = 0, 300);

(I defined animationWait earlier globally in the document) Basically what I’m trying to do is wait for a click to end before another click can be done. So i thought I’d set a variable and then wait 300ms,

$('#up-arrow').live('click', function(e) {  

    if(animationWait == 0) {
        animationWait = 1;
        .... /* Code */
    }
}

So I need to change the animationWait back to 0 again after a delay to run the code. I’ve tried a bunch of stuff but it’s still not working, any ideas?

Answer 1

You are not using setTimeout quite right. It must be passed either a function name or an anonymous function.

//anonymous function
setTimeout( function() { animationWait = 0 }, 300);

//or give it a function name
function change() { animationWait = 0; }
setTimeout(change, 300);