jQuery Fadeout on Click or after delay

Question

I am displaying a message box on a website. I would like to be able to have it either fadeout on click or after X seconds. The problem is that the delay() function

Answer 1

I fount it the best workaround suggested by Oscar Godson, I somehow added this to it:

if (! $clicked.hasClass("search"))
{
    setTimeout(function()
    {
        jQuery("#result").delay('1500').fadeOut('2800');
    },7000);
}
});

His original suggestion is very useful:

You should change it to a setTimeout: http://jsfiddle.net/VRYBk/3/

(in the jsfiddle link) I removed your delay line and replaced it with a standard setTimeout like:

 setTimeout(function(){
      $("#message-green").fadeOut("slow");
 },5000)

By Oscar Godson,