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garavani

Simplify chain of setTimeout

in Using jQuery • 10 years ago

Hello Jqeury fans,

is there a way to make something like this:

setTimeout( function(){

$("#arrowNext").trigger('click');

setTimeout( function(){

$("#arrowNext").trigger('click');

setTimeout( function(){

$("#arrowField").trigger('click');

setTimeout( function(){

$("#sub").trigger('click');

setTimeout( function(){

$("#arrowTrailerField").trigger('click');

}, 5000 );

}, 3000 );

}, 7000 );

}, 4000 );

}, 6000 );

more simple, reasonable and better looking?

Thanks for ideas!

Garavani

Replies(6)

jakecigar

Re: Simplify chain of setTimeout

10 years ago

I think I added up the times correctly…

setTimeout(function () { $("#arrowNext").trigger('click');}, 6000);

setTimeout(function () { $("#arrowNext").trigger('click');}, 10000);

setTimeout(function () { $("#arrowField").trigger('click');}, 17000);

setTimeout(function () { $("#sub").trigger('click');}, 20000);

setTimeout(function () { $("#arrowTrailerField").trigger('click');}, 25000);

JΛ̊KE

garavani

Re: Simplify chain of setTimeout

10 years ago

Thanks Jake!

So this is (for making a sort of „autopilot“ through a site with click events) not something totally stupid

what I had in mind here?

Or ist there a totally different solution for these kind of things?

I have to calculate the times anyway new, was only meant as an example

Thanks again

Garavani

jakecigar

Re: Simplify chain of setTimeout

10 years ago

You could build all sorts of externally controlled autopilot scripts How complex does it have to be?

Is autopilot for a demo or for the users to run?

If it's for a demo, I would control it externally with another program that fake clicks for me(not a jQuery solution). Each OS/Browser pair has different solutions.

If it is to be included in the system for the user to run, I would not use simple setTimeout calls, I would allow the user to control the clicks, but have the user guided along (a large project)

JΛ̊KE

garavani

Re: Simplify chain of setTimeout

9 years ago

Hi Jake,

thanks for your interest!

In fact it isn’t so complicated, but…

The idea is that some animations that run on mouse events maybe overseen by a user so that I liked the idea to do some sort of „trailer“ to show some things at the beginning in order to give an idea what is hidden at the beginning.

Although I feel not very comfortable about it because it becomes kind of „frightening“ when suddenly some events are fired like from a ghost hand. (moreover the „ease“ effects feel very different and abrupt if fired automatically instead of intentionally)

And moreover I recognized that it seems not be possible to stop a once started JS function with excessive setTimeouts. They run on in the background and tend to collide with the natural events on click etc.

So it would be necessary to make the function in steps where „if else“ statements would have to be continuously tested in order abolish the automatic pilot when the user interferes (excuse my bad English

) Seems not be such a good idea at the end. I am still thinking about that.