jQuery scroll() detect when user stops scrolling

$(window).scroll(function() {
    clearTimeout($.data(this, 'scrollTimer'));
    $.data(this, 'scrollTimer', setTimeout(function() {
        // do something
        console.log("Haven't scrolled in 250ms!");
    }, 250));
});

Update

I wrote an extension to enhance jQuery’s default on-event-handler. It attaches an event handler function for one or more events to the selected elements and calls the handler function if the event was not triggered for a given interval. This is useful if you want to fire a callback only after a delay, like the resize event, or such.

It is important to check the github-repo for updates!

https://github.com/yckart/jquery.unevent.js

;(function ($) {
    var on = $.fn.on, timer;
    $.fn.on = function () {
        var args = Array.apply(null, arguments);
        var last = args[args.length - 1];

        if (isNaN(last) || (last === 1 && args.pop())) return on.apply(this, args);

        var delay = args.pop();
        var fn = args.pop();

        args.push(function () {
            var self = this, params = arguments;
            clearTimeout(timer);
            timer = setTimeout(function () {
                fn.apply(self, params);
            }, delay);
        });

        return on.apply(this, args);
    };
}(this.jQuery || this.Zepto));

Use it like any other on or bind-event handler, except that you can pass an extra parameter as a last:

$(window).on('scroll', function(e) {
    console.log(e.type + '-event was 250ms not triggered');
}, 250);

http://yckart.github.com/jquery.unevent.js/

(this demo uses resize instead of scroll, but who cares?!)