I'm showing a line of text using a typewriter effect [http://plugins.jquery.com/project/jTypeWriter].
I want to:
1) Delay 3 seconds
2) Show typewriter text
3) Delay 4 seconds
4) Fade out
But step 1 doesn't happen with this code:
$('blockquote').delay(3000).jTypeWriter({duration:1}).delay(4000).fadeOut();
Why does delay()
not work at the beginning?
delay() only works within an animation queue - so yes, an animation needs to be called before it will work as you expect.
setTimeout() is probably the way to go:
var t = window.setTimeout(function(){
$('#myDiv').jTypeWriter({duration:1}).delay(4000).fadeOut();
}, 3000);