Delaying click event

Question

I\'m wondering whether there\'s a simple way to delay the click event from being processed for a specified period of time. For example we could have

$(\'#someEle         


        

Answer 1

So in the end I figured out a way to solve the problem I posed, and I'm providing it here in case anyone else has the same problem and is looking for a solution.

var secondClick = false;
var duration = 1000;

$('#someElement').on('click', 'a', function(event) {
    var that = $(this);

    if(!secondClick) {
        event.stopPropagation();
        setTimeout(function(){
            secondClick = true;
            that.click();
        }, duration);

        someAsynchronousFunction();
    } else {
        secondClick = false;
    }
}

Basically when the user clicks the link, it internally prevents that click from actually having any effect, and gives the asynchronous function a set amount of time to do it's work before doing a second click on the link which behaves normally.