Hi Rob, thanks for the advice. I'll try it out and let you guys know how well I did.
Thanks Josh, I'll check it out. On Apr 20, 10:04 pm, RobG <rg...@iinet.net.au> wrote: > On Apr 21, 8:33 am, geocalleo <gcalde...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi all, I was wondering if there is a way in jQuery for me to disable > > a hover event for a few seconds and then execute it only if the mouse > > pointer is still hovering over the particular element I have set the > > hover event to. > > > So the user would hover over a link and if after 2 seconds was still > > hovering over it, the hover event would then execute. Otherwise, > > nothing would happen. > > Put a listener on the mouseover event and use setTimeout to call the > function. If there's a mouseout or a mouseover on some other related > element before the event fires, cancel the timeout, otherwise let it > run. You can also do the same for accidental mouseout events so the > cursor can go off the edge for a short time before the mouseout fires. > > -- > Rob
