How to cancel a jquery.load()?

Question

I\'d like to cancel a .load() operation, when the load() does not return in 5 seconds. If it\'s so I show an error message like \'sorry, no picture loaded\'.

What I

Answer 1

I think the simplest thing to do would be to use $.ajax directly. That way you can start a timeout, and from the timeout set a flag that the handler on the ajax call can check. The timeout can also show a message or whatever.