Question

I have javascript like and i want to set time delay to this function parameters.here is my simple function

function mopen(id)
    {   

        mcancelclosetime();

        if(ddmenuitem) ddmenuitem.style.visibility = 'hidden';
        ddmenuitem = document.getElementById(id);
        ddmenuitem.style.visibility = 'visible';

    }

and here i want to set a timeout delay with id.I mean

the id should open with a time delay like this

function settimeout(mopen(id),1000)
{
}

But My this try is not working please help me how can i do this

Update

here is my loop function

 function hideshow(span) {
        hideDiv();
        var div = document.getElementById("DIV_" + span.id);
        if (div.style.display == "none")
        setTimeout(div.style.display = "block",2000);
        else
            div.style.display = "none"; 
    }

can u please now tell me how to settimeout for the div to become a block.I have set it but its not working

Answer 1

The answer was already given (not in the way you expected, I suppose). Rewrite your function as

 function hideshow(span) {
    hideDiv();
    var div = document.getElementById("DIV_" + span.id);
    if (div.style.display == "none")
        setTimeout(function() { div.style.display = "block" }, 2000);
    else
        div.style.display = "none"; 
  }