Run javascript function when user finishes typing instead of on key up?

Question

I want to trigger an ajax request when the user has finished typing in a text box. I don\'t want it to run the function on every time the user types a letter because that wo

Answer 1

Not a direct answer bu if someone looking for an AngularJS solution. I wrote a directive according to the popular solutions here.

 app.directive("ngTypeEnds", ["$timeout", function ($timeout) {
    return function (scope, element, attrs) {
        var typingTimer;               
        element.bind("keyup", function (event) {
            if (typingTimer)
                $timeout.cancel(typingTimer);
            if (angular.element(element)[0].value) {
                typingTimer = $timeout(function () {
                    scope.$apply(function () {
                        scope.$eval(attrs.ngTypeEnds);
                    });
                }, 500);
            }
            event.preventDefault();
        });
    };
}]);