25.318. Window.setTimeout( ): defer execution of codeJavaScript 1.0:25.318.1. Synopsiswindow.setTimeout(code, delay) 25.318.1.1. Arguments
25.318.1.2. ReturnsAn opaque value ("timeout id") that can be passed to the clearTimeout( ) method to cancel the execution of code. 25.318.2. DescriptionThe setTimeout( ) method defers the invocation of a JavaScript function or the evaluation of a string of JavaScript code for delay milliseconds. Note that setTimeout( ) executes code only once. If you want multiple invocations, use setInterval( ) or have the code itself call setTimeout( ) again. When code is executed, it is executed in the context of the Window object. If code is a function, the Window object is the value of the this keyword. If code is a string, it is evaluated in the global scope with the Window object as the only object on the scope chain. This is true even if the call to setTimeout( ) occurred within a function with a longer scope chain. 25.318.3. See AlsoWindow.clearTimeout( ), Window.setInterval( ) |