Jquery Combine SlideUp/Down and on click

Question

I have created two scripts, one which has slide up and slide down commands which work on timers when the page is loaded. The second is a click event where a slideup/down command is executed when a link is clicked. Both these scripts work separately but I cannot get them to work together.

Here is the timed slideup/down script:

$(document).ready(function() {
    $('.slide-out-div').hide();
    $('.slide-out-div')
        .delay(5000)
        .slideDown(300);
    $('.slide-out-div')
        .delay(5000)
        .slideUp(500);
});

Here is the click script:

window.onload = function() {
    $(document).('#clickme').click(function () {
        if ($('.slide-out-div').is(":hidden")) {
            $('.slide-out-div').slideDown("slow");
        } else {
            $('.slide-out-div').slideUp("slow");
        }
    });
};

How this is supposed to work is when the page is loaded the box slides down after a few seconds, then if the box is not used it slides up after a few seconds. At this point the link can be clicked to make the box slide up or down depending on its current position.

Any help getting these two to work in combination is greatly appreciated :)

Answer 1

You could use timeout functions like so:

Working Example

$(document).ready(function () {
    var timer;
    $('.slide-out-div').slideDown('slow', function () {
        timer = setTimeout(function () {
            $('.slide-out-div').slideUp("slow");
        }, 5000);
    });
    $('#clickme').click(function () {
        if ($('.slide-out-div').is(":hidden")) {
            $('.slide-out-div').slideDown('slow', function () {
                timer = setTimeout(function () {
                    $('.slide-out-div').slideUp("slow");
                }, 5000);
            });
        } else {
            $('.slide-out-div').slideUp('slow');
            clearTimeout(timer);
        }
    });
});