jQuery Forum

1. // save textbox
2. var $textbox = $('#textbox');
3. // bind events to textbox
4. $textbox.bind('focus', function(){
5.             // save selector
6.             var $this = $(this);
7.       
8.             // after 5 seconds, check the content in the textbox
9.             setTimeout(function(){
10.                   if ($this.val().length < 15) {
11.                         // clear the textbox because it has less than 15 characters
12.                         $this.val('');
13.                   } else {
14.                         // use the data in textbox in other function(or alert in this demo)
15.                         alert($this.val());
16.                   }                  
17.             },5000);
18.       }
19. );

-- Kevin

------------------------------------------------
http://www.tentonaxe.com