This function below doesn’t work like I want it to; being a JS novice I can’t figure out why. I need it to wait 5 seconds before checking whether the newState is -1. Currently, it doesn’t wait, i...

JavaScript sleep/wait before continuing [duplicate] Asked 12 years, 6 months ago Modified 5 years, 6 months ago Viewed 1.5m times

I want to create a JavaScript sleep/delay/wait function that I can call anywhere in the script, like jQuery's .delay() I am not able to use setTimeout, as I have a script that is generated by php, ...

The problem is that the javascript is stuck in the while and stuck my program. so my question is how can I wait in the middle of the function until flag is true without "busy-wait"?

Apr 29, 2015 · Take the date value first and use setInterval function to wait until we get specified interval (get new Date and check for difference). Once we get that reset the interval function and proceed …

Mar 29, 2013 · Javascript isn't threaded, so a "wait" would freeze the entire page (and probably cause the browser to stop running the script entirely). To specifically address your problem, you should …

Sep 7, 2016 · How to let JavaScript wait until certain event happens? Asked 14 years, 4 months ago Modified 1 year, 2 months ago Viewed 73k times

Jan 17, 2012 · There's no practical way to do that in JavaScript. Everything has to be done with functions which take callbacks such as setTimeout which others have mentioned. The purpose of …

In puppeteer I would like to wait a defined time before going to the next line of code. I've tried to put a setTimeout in an evaluate function but it seems to be simply ignored console.log('before

Oct 25, 2017 · Have you tried placing the part of source code into a setTimeout? setTimeout(function(){ //this will run after 3 seconds}, 3000); If you could be more clear with your question and say which …