Question

I know in jQuery 1.4.x there is a method delay(). We can use it like this:

$('#block').slideUp().delay(2000).slideDown();

and it works great. But i want to modify document.title, but this construction doesnt work:

$('title').html('New title 1').delay(2000).html('New title 2');

when you run this code title will be New title 2 avoid any delay. How to fix it?

Answer 1

Use a callback with setTimeout:

$('title').html('New title 1');

window.setTimeout(function() {
    $('title').html('New title 2');
}, 2000);

$.fn.delay puts a delay in the animation queue. It does not delay the running script.