If you have a feature that filters data, or even hits a live API, after the user inputs some text you may want to throttle the event, ideally adding a delay so it only triggers the event once. I guess in layman’s terms we are making the event wait for the user to finish typing.
It can be very easily fixed by assigning a setTimeout method to a variable and then clearing the setTimeout if the event fires again, that way it will continually overwrite itself until the user stops. Here’s a quick fiddle to demonstrate the technique.
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