Script to Wait for javascript function to end

[resting]

I always tend to have this problem.
Say I try to do something like that

slide_image();
get_current_image();

get_current_image will return the wrong result, because the animation for the slide_image() has not ended.
Is there a wait function or something?
setTimeout is not that ideal too since multiple calls stacks up the queue.

[Paul_Wilkins]

@resting

get_current_image will return the wrong result, because the animation for the slide_image() has not ended.
Is there a wait function or something?

That can depend on the code library that you are using. Which particular image slider are you using?

[resting]

@paul_wilkins

That can depend on the code library that you are using. Which particular image slider are you using?

Actually I wrote my own, based on the tutorial here: http://jonraasch.com/blog/a-simple-jquery-slideshow
I was using jQuery’s animate function and could throw my ending script in the complete method.

But I keep hitting this problem and wonder how I can over come it by manually injecting a waiting script.
That is, instead of writing my ending script in the complete method, write it after I call the animate function.
Its easier to read that way too.

[Paul_Wilkins]

@resting

Actually I wrote my own […] and wonder how I can over come it by manually injecting a waiting script.

What is normally done is to pass a callback function to the slider, so that when your animation comes to an end, the callback (if any) can then be called.