Disable the submit button after clicking and enable it back again after a few seconds

Question

I'm using jquery $.post when submitting a form. I want to disable the button for like 5 seconds after it has been clicked to avoid multiple submission of the form.

here's what I've done for now:

$('#btn').click(function(){     $.post(base_url + 'folder/controller/function',$('#formID').serialize(),function(data){         $('#message').slideDown().html('<span>'+data+'</span>');     }); }); 

I've used fadeIn and fadeOut before, but still it doesn't work when I tested it clicking the button rapidly. What should I do to achieve what I wanted to happen?

Answer 1

You can do what you wanted like this:

var fewSeconds = 5; $('#btn').click(function(){     // Ajax request     var btn = $(this);     btn.prop('disabled', true);     setTimeout(function(){         btn.prop('disabled', false);     }, fewSeconds*1000); }); 

or you can use jQuery's .complete() method which is being executed after the ajax receives a response:

$('#btn').click(function(){     var btn = $(this);     $.post(/*...*/).complete(function(){         btn.prop('disabled', false);     });     btn.prop('disabled', true);  }); 

edit: this is an example with 3 seconds server-side response delay

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Edit

Since even the answer is 8 years old, but still getting attention and jQuery is getting less popular I think it's worth adding example without jQuery

const fewSeconds = 3   document.querySelector('#btn').addEventListener('click', (e) => {     e.target.disabled = true   setTimeout(() => {    e.target.disabled = false   }, fewSeconds * 1000) })

<input type='button' id="btn" value="click me" />