Call a javascript function after 5 sec of last key press

Question

I have a form with an and I want to call a javascript function after 5 seconds of the last key press, and every time a new key is pres

Answer 1

Something like this should get you started:

var timeout;
$('input[type=text]').keypress(function() {
    if(timeout) {
        clearTimeout(timeout);
        timeout = null;
    }

    timeout = setTimeout(myFunction, 5000)
})