JQuery timer, how do I do this

Question

Is there anyway to implement a timer for JQuery, eg. every 10 seconds it needs to call a js function.

I tried the following

window.setTimeout(function() {
 alert('test');
}, 1000);

but this only executes ones and then never again.

Answer 1

setInterval is the function you want. That repeats every x miliseconds.

window.setInterval(function() {
    alert('test');
}, 1000);

Answer 2

window.setInterval(function() {
 alert('test');
}, 10000);

window.setInterval

Calls a function repeatedly, with a fixed time delay between each call to that function.

Answer 3

You can use this:

window.setInterval(yourfunction, 10000);

function yourfunction() { alert('test'); }

Answer 4

function run() {
    window.setTimeout(
         "run()",
         1000
    );
}

Answer 5

try jQueryTimers, they have great functionality for polling

http://plugins.jquery.com/project/timers

Answer 6

jQuery 1.4 also includes a .delay( duration, [ queueName ] ) method if you only need it to trigger once and have already started using that version.

$('#foo').slideUp(300).delay(800).fadeIn(400);

http://api.jquery.com/delay/

Ooops....my mistake you were looking for an event to continue triggering. I'll leave this here, someone may find it helpful.

Answer 7

I was just experimenting with jQuery and wrote a simple timer / stop watch ... http://bornagainprogrammer.net/2010/08/19/a-simple-stop-watch-timer-using-jquery/