Updated waitUntilExists plugin

jquery.waituntilexists.js

;(function ($, window) {

var intervals = {};
var removeListener = function(selector) {

	if (intervals[selector]) {
		
		window.clearInterval(intervals[selector]);
		intervals[selector] = null;
	}
};
var found = 'waitUntilExists.found';

/**
 * @function
 * @property {object} jQuery plugin which runs handler function once specified
 *           element is inserted into the DOM
 * @param {function|string} handler 
 *            A function to execute at the time when the element is inserted or 
 *            string "remove" to remove the listener from the given selector
 * @param {bool} shouldRunHandlerOnce 
 *            Optional: if true, handler is unbound after its first invocation
 * @example jQuery(selector).waitUntilExists(function);
 */
 
$.fn.waitUntilExists = function(handler, shouldRunHandlerOnce, isChild) {

	var selector = this.selector;
	var $this = $(selector);
	var $elements = $this.not(function() { return $(this).data(found); });
	
	if (handler === 'remove') {
		
		// Hijack and remove interval immediately if the code requests
		removeListener(selector);
	}
	else {

		// Run the handler on all found elements and mark as found
		$elements.each(handler).data(found, true);
		
		if (shouldRunHandlerOnce && $this.length) {
			
			// Element was found, implying the handler already ran for all 
			// matched elements
			removeListener(selector);
		}
		else if (!isChild) {
			
			// If this is a recurring search or if the target has not yet been 
			// found, create an interval to continue searching for the target
			intervals[selector] = window.setInterval(function () {
				
				$this.waitUntilExists(handler, shouldRunHandlerOnce, true);
			}, 500);
		}
	}
	
	return $this;
};
 
}(jQuery, window));

jquery.waituntilexists.min.js

(function(e,f){var b={},g=function(a){b[a]&&(f.clearInterval(b[a]),b[a]=null)};e.fn.waitUntilExists=function(a,h,j){var c=this.selector,d=e(c),k=d.not(function(){return e(this).data("waitUntilExists.found")});"remove"===a?g(c):(k.each(a).data("waitUntilExists.found",!0),h&&d.length?g(c):j||(b[c]=f.setInterval(function(){d.waitUntilExists(a,h,!0)},500)));return d}})(jQuery,window);

Ok, thank you.

Can you add to your work an html working example with a delayed item?

Would it be possible to incorporate some further settings?

• Time length between attempts
• Number of maximum attempts
• Callback for timeout (max attempts tried without finding element)

I've left this code here for anyone to reference, but I no longer maintain or add features to it. You are more than welcome to.

Hello! Would you be so kind to provide a license? It would be really helpful for people which want to use it in enterprises.

Hey, great plugin! Do you mind providing a liscence with it? Would really help know when and where I can use it. Thanks!

Cool