How to add delay to a function

Question

$(function(){
    $('#slides_left').slides({
        generateNextPrev: false,
    play: 5500
    });
});

How can I add a .delay() to the function above so that the starting time for the function is not onload rather to a specified time?

sorry for my noobness in jQuery!

Thanks!

possible duplicate of [Is there some way to introduce a delay in javascript?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/24849/is-there-some-way-to-introduce-a-delay-in-javascript) — Felix Kling, Sep 21 '11 at 09:49

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 21 '11 at 09:52

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you can use javascript setTimeOut function

setTimeout(functionname, 2000); // replace 2000 with your number of millisecond required for delay.

Call this setTimeout inside onload.

Cheers!!

answered Sep 21 '11 at 09:52

Rahul Choudhary

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score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 21 '11 at 09:57

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$(function(){
    // Start after 3 seconds
    window.setTimeout('doSlide()', 3000);
});

function doSlide(){
    $('#slides_left').slides({
        generateNextPrev: false,
        play: 5500
    });
};

There is also a pause option for slides().

answered Sep 21 '11 at 09:57

PiTheNumber

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while its waiting for 3 seconds for the function to load the slide show images are stacked one on top of another. Thanks – zadubz Sep 21 '11 at 11:00

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 21 '11 at 09:53

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Use setTimeout

$(function(){
    setTimeout(function(){
      $('#slides_left').slides({
         generateNextPrev: false,
         play: 5500
      });
    }, 1000);
});

answered Sep 21 '11 at 09:53

Curtis

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while its waiting for 1 second for the function to load the slide show images are stacked one on top of another. Thanks – zadubz Sep 21 '11 at 11:00

How to add delay to a function

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