How to delay the .keyup() handler until the user stops typing?

Question

I’ve got a search field. Right now it searches for every keyup. So if someone types “Windows”, it will make a search with AJAX for every keyup: “W”, “Wi”, “Win”, “Wind”, “Wi

Answer 1

Use the bindWithDelay jQuery plugin:

element.bindWithDelay(eventType, [ eventData ], handler(eventObject), timeout, throttle)