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

var globalTimeout = null;  
$('#search').keyup(function(){
  if(globalTimeout != null) clearTimeout(globalTimeout);  
  globalTimeout =setTimeout(SearchFunc,200);  
});
function SearchFunc(){  
  globalTimeout = null;  
  console.log('Search: '+$('#search').val());
  //ajax code
};