How to fire jQuery events with setTimeout?


The jQuery setTimeout() method is used to set an interval for events to fire.

Example

Here, we will set an interval of 3 seconds for an alert box to load using jQuery events:

Live Demo

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.2.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script>
$(document).ready(function(){
    $("#button1").click(function(){
       setTimeout("alert('Hello World!');", 3000);
    });
});
</script>
</head>
<body>

<button id="button1">Click</button>
<p>Click the above button and wait for 3 seconds. An alert box will generate after 3 seconds.</p>

<p></p>
</body>
</html>

Updated on: 11-Dec-2019

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