JavaScript Sleep()

January 03, 2006

JavaScript Sleep()

How do I pause execution in JavaScript?

How do I pause execution in JavaScript?

Is there a wait statement in JavaScript?

Is there a sleep method to pause execution?

Is there a sleep method to pause execution?

I found a useful article how do I pause execution in JavaScript to description how to delay JavaScript process.

some example


function pause(numberMillis) {
 var now = new Date();
 var exitTime = now.getTime() + numberMillis;
  while (true) {
   now = new Date();
   if (now.getTime() > exitTime)
    return;
   }
  }


function pause(numberMillis) {
 var dialogScript = 
  'window.setTimeout(' +
  ' function () { window.close(); }, 
  ' + numberMillis + ');';
 var result = 


// For IE5.
  window.showModalDialog(
  'javascript:document.writeln(' +
  '"< script>' + dialogScript + '<' + '/script>")');


/* For NN6, but it requires a trusted script.
  openDialog(
  'javascript:document.writeln(' +
  '"< script>' + dialogScript + '<' + '/script>"',
  'pauseDialog', 'modal=1,width=10,height=10');
*/
}