JQuery delay() not delaying

Question

Why does this empty the text immediately (ignoring delay)?

$(\'#error_box_text\').html(\'error text\').delay(5000).html(\'\')

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Answer 1

Try

var sel = $('#error_box_text');
sel.html('error text');
setTimeout(function(){
    sel.html('');
}, 5000);

See delay()

jQuery.delay() is best for delaying between queued jQuery effects and such, and is not a replacement for JavaScript's native setTimeout function