DOM refresh on long running function

Question

I have a button which runs a long running function when it\'s clicked. Now, while the function is running, I want to change the button text, but I\'m having problems in some

Answer 1

Try this

function longRunningTask(){
    // Do the task here
    document.getElementById("mybutt").value = "done";
}

function longrunningfunction() {
    document.getElementById("mybutt").value = "doing some work";

    setTimeout(function() {
        longRunningTask();
    }, 1);    
}