How to invoke a “Please Wait” window only if ajax takes more than X milliseconds to respond?

Question

I\'m doing an AJAX call (regular JS) and, if it takes more than, say, 500 milliseconds, I\'d like to put up my \"Please Wait\" box.

Normally, if I want to put up the

Answer 1

take a look at BlockUi. If that doesn't look like it will work for you, you could try using

$(document).ajaxStop(DoSomething());