Deferred wrapper around setTimeout. Lets you do: $.delay(100).then(function () { // some delayed action });

delay.js

/**
 * Deferred wrapper around setTimeout. Lets you do:
 * $.delay(100).then(function () {
 *   // some delayed action
 * });
 * @param time Delay time in ms.
 * @return Deferred a promise that will complete after the time
 */
jQuery.delay = function (time) {
    var dfr = jQuery.Deferred();
    window.setTimeout(dfr.resolve, time);
    return dfr.promise();
};