did you try using the hoverIntent plugin ? I find that it makes hover events much easier to work with. http://plugins.jquery.com/project/hoverIntent
LAb[au] _ *lab*oratory for *a*rchitecture and *u*rbanism Alexandre Plennevaux Lakensestraat 104 Rue de Laeken Brussel 1000 Bruxelles Belgiƫ _ Belgique _ Belgium tel: +32 (0)2 2196555 fax: +32 (0)2 4266986 mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.lab-au.com VAT: BE0475.210.720 On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 3:41 PM, 703designs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Good call, I didn't know about stop(). > > I have one more problem though: stop() stops all animations, so the > next action (hide all of these boxes if any is clicked) gets halted. I > tried using unbind(), but it looks like it's either not working or > (more likely) is being terminated by the hover() method before it has > a chance to finish. I tried to go a step deeper, separating this into > mousedown and mouseup events (unbind on mouse down, fadeOut on mouse > up) but the hovered element doesn't hide if it's hovered after the > click. > > Updated: http://703designs.com/jQuery/port.php > > > > On Oct 13, 11:32 pm, ricardobeat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Stop all previous animations before starting a new one: > > > > $(".block img").hover(function() { > > $(this).stop().animate({ > > width: '120px', > > height: '120px', > > marginTop: '5px', > > }, "normal") > > },function(){ > > $(this).stop().animate({ > > width: '80px', > > height: '80px', > > marginTop: '25px', > > }, "normal") > > }); > > > > - ricardo > > > > On Oct 13, 5:05 pm, 703designs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Using either $.fn.hover or $.fn.mouse(over|out), I can't figure out > > > how to prevent my animations from firing repeatedly. You'll see what I > > > mean:http://703designs.com/jQuery/port.php(viewsource<http://703designs.com/jQuery/port.php%28viewsource>to > > > see what's > > > going on). > > > > > How would I change this so that the over/hover event can't fire until > > > the element is finished with its current animation? How would I change > > > this so an animation only continues until the mouse leaves rather than > > > taking the full step from 80px h/w to 120px h/w? > > > > >