toggle button text on a timer with javascript

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I have a working toggle button text code but I would like the button to toggle back to the original state after 4 seconds. I have tried looking for a solution and can’t wrap my head around whether I need to use a set interval function or settimeout function and how to implement them exactly. Hopefully a javascript wizard can help me out here.

function myFunctionbutton() {
  var x = document.getElementById("singleadd");
  if (x.innerHTML === "add to bag") {
    x.innerHTML = "Loading...";
  } else {
    x.innerHTML = "add to bag";
  }
}
<button id="singleadd" onclick="myFunctionbutton()">add to bag</button>

56 thoughts on “toggle button text on a timer with javascript”

  1. You can use setTimeout()

    function myFunctionbutton() {
  var x = document.getElementById("singleadd");
  if (x.innerHTML === "add to bag") {
    x.innerHTML = "Loading...";
    setTimeout(function () {
      x.innerHTML = "add to bag"
    }, 4000);
  }
}
    <button id="singleadd" onclick="myFunctionbutton()">add to bag</button>
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  2. You can use setTimeout function to get back to "add to bag" state after 4 seconds.

    function myFunctionbutton() {
  var x = document.getElementById("singleadd");
  x.disabled = true;
  x.innerText = "Loading...";
  setTimeout(() => {
     x.innerHTML = "add to bag";
     x.disabled = false;
  }, 4000);
  
}
    <button id="singleadd" onclick="myFunctionbutton()">add to bag</button>
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