How to delay the .keyup() handler until the user stops typing?

Question

I’ve got a search field. Right now it searches for every keyup. So if someone types “Windows”, it will make a search with AJAX for every keyup: “W”, “Wi”, “Win”, “Wind”, “Wi

Answer 1

You could also look at underscore.js, which provides utility methods like debounce:

var lazyLayout = _.debounce(calculateLayout, 300);
$(window).resize(lazyLayout);