From b480dd4215925c5e9aaecaa5c086346b009692b4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Hamann <michael@content-space.de>
Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2013 18:10:00 +0100
Subject: Abort old quick search requests when starting new ones

This prevents old requests that need longer than the newer ones (likely,
as if you type more less results are returned) from overriding the
results list.
---
 lib/scripts/qsearch.js | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

(limited to 'lib/scripts')

diff --git a/lib/scripts/qsearch.js b/lib/scripts/qsearch.js
index 0c3609ada..e5cc73b49 100644
--- a/lib/scripts/qsearch.js
+++ b/lib/scripts/qsearch.js
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ var dw_qsearch = {
     $inObj: null,
     $outObj: null,
     timer: null,
+    curRequest: null,
 
     /**
      * initialize the quick search
@@ -35,12 +36,16 @@ var dw_qsearch = {
 
         // attach eventhandler to search field
         do_qsearch = function () {
+            // abort any previous request
+            if (dw_qsearch.curRequest != null) {
+                dw_qsearch.curRequest.abort();
+            }
             var value = dw_qsearch.$inObj.val();
             if (value === '') {
                 dw_qsearch.clear_results();
                 return;
             }
-            jQuery.post(
+            dw_qsearch.curRequest = jQuery.post(
                 DOKU_BASE + 'lib/exe/ajax.php',
                 {
                     call: 'qsearch',
@@ -84,6 +89,8 @@ var dw_qsearch = {
     onCompletion: function(data) {
         var max, $links, too_big;
 
+        dw_qsearch.curRequest = null;
+
         if (data === '') {
             dw_qsearch.clear_results();
             return;
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