[javascript] Call js-function using JQuery timer

Is there anyway to implement a timer for JQuery, eg. every 10 seconds it needs to call a js function.

I tried the following

window.setTimeout(function() {
 alert('test');
}, 10000);

but this only executes once and then never again.

Might want to check out jQuery Timer to manage one or multiple timers.

http://code.google.com/p/jquery-timer/

var timer = $.timer(yourfunction, 10000);

function yourfunction() { alert('test'); }

Then you can control it with:

timer.play();
timer.pause();
timer.toggle();
timer.once();
etc...

function run() {
    window.setTimeout(
         "run()",
         1000
    );
}

jQuery 1.4 also includes a .delay( duration, [ queueName ] ) method if you only need it to trigger once and have already started using that version.

$('#foo').slideUp(300).delay(800).fadeIn(400);

http://api.jquery.com/delay/

Ooops....my mistake you were looking for an event to continue triggering. I'll leave this here, someone may find it helpful.

You can use setInterval() method also you can call your setTimeout() from your custom function for example

function everyTenSec(){
  console.log("done");
  setTimeout(everyTenSec,10000);
}
everyTenSec();

setInterval is the function you want. That repeats every x miliseconds.

window.setInterval(function() {
    alert('test');
}, 10000);

window.setInterval(function() {
 alert('test');
}, 10000);

window.setInterval

Calls a function repeatedly, with a fixed time delay between each call to that function.

try jQueryTimers, they have great functionality for polling

http://plugins.jquery.com/project/timers