Delay function - jQuery

Question

I'm using Tweet and Truncate plugin simultanously, so if the tweet it too long it gets truncated after x chars.

$().ready(function() {
 $(".tweets").tweet({
 join_text: "auto",
 username: "dave",
 avatar_size: 18,
 count: 1,
 auto_join_text_default: "",
 loading_text: "Loading tweet..."
 });
 if ( $('.tweet_text')[0] ) { 
 alert('yay');
 }
});

... so the tweet function loads the tweet, but jquery doesn't find it! Is it possible to delay the next function so it can find it?

Thanks

• Labu: Does the Tweet plugin not have a callback function you can use to grab the tweet's content?
• davidcondrey: possible duplicate of Jquery delay on function

Answer 1

jquery has a delay function http://api.jquery.com/delay/

• Scott: the delay function does work. Perhaps you should show what you tried.
• eozzy: how should I use? can you please update the JS posted in the description? thanks!

Answer 2

There is a delay method in JQuery however a better solution would be to truncate in the tweet callback method.