I've written a plugin that will fire a mouseout when the mouse leaves the container DIV, rather than moves over a sub-element:
http://remysharp.com/2007/05/17/true-mouseout-jquery-plugin/ Hope it helps. On May 16, 1:36 pm, SamCKayak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Just getting started... > > I have several unordered lists on a page. I want to add a class > 'hilite' to an ordered list onmouseover and remove the class > onmouseout. > > So far, so good. My problem is that while the mouse is inside the > ordered list, an onmouseout event fires when the mouse moves over a > list item (but is still inside the ordered list). > > What methods are available to detect this condition as I do not want > to removeClass('hilite') while I am in the ordered list but hovering > over a list item? > > Thanks, > > Sam