addEventListener for submit event runs handler function early

Question

I\'m trying to figure out how to run a chunk of code a few seconds after a user presses a submit button on a form. My test page is waiting the right amount of time and properly

Answer 1

Replace

window.addEventListener('submit', timeFunction(), true);

with

window.addEventListener('submit', timeFunction, true);

See the difference between invoking a function and referencing it in my other answer.

Also, instead of doing

setTimeout("handler()", 3000);

which will basically be eval'd when the timeout occurs, you could pass a reference to the handler function directly to setTimeout. Notice the absence of quotes and the parentheses.

setTimeout(handler, 3000);