Delay input to textbox

[biggieuk]

Hi all,

 

i have a textbox that 'onkeyup' performs a query to build a dynamic xml file which populates a dhtmlxTreeView component i am using.

 

If i type into the text box fairly slowly it returns the correct results but if i type faster it cant handle the constant xml requests and returns multiple entries.

 

Is it possible to somehow slow down the input to the textbox or wait a certain amount of time before performing the query?

 

thanks for help with this.

[Zane]

going on on a long shot here, but maybe you could use the sleep function to do what you're looking for

[biggieuk]

Thanks for your reply, I looked into the sleep function but wasn't too keen on freezing the client for however many miliseconds.

 

Here is the solution i found:

 

function search_delay(element, objSearch) {

if(objSearch == ''){
	hideBox('window');
} else {

	if ( element.zid ) {
		clearTimeout(element.zid);
	}
	element.zid = setTimeout("show_loading_message('" + objSearch + "');",200);
	}
}

 

and the input field:

 

<input type="text" name="txtMedia" id="txtMedia" onkeyup="search_delay(this, this.value);"....

 

 

thanks.