Throttle event calls in jQuery

Question

I have a keyup event bound to a function that takes about a quarter of a second to complete.

$(\"#search\").keyup(function() {
  //code that tak         


        

Answer 1

Here is a potential solution that doesn't need a plugin. Use a boolean to decide whether to do the keyup callback, or skip over it.

var doingKeyup = false;

$('input').keyup(function(){
    if(!doingKeyup){
        doingKeyup=true;
        // slow process happens here
        doingKeyup=false;
    }
});