[jQuery] Re: delaying an action

2009-04-22 Thread geocalleo
Hi Brian and everyone else for the suggestions. I ended up using your hoverIntent plugin. worked like a charm. thanks a bunch everyone. On Apr 21, 3:21 pm, Brian Cherne br...@cherne.net wrote: The hoverIntent plugin was meant just for this purpose. There's an initial delay (unavoidable) but

[jQuery] Re: delaying an action

2009-04-21 Thread geocalleo
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

[jQuery] Re: delaying an action

2009-04-21 Thread mkmanning
From a user-interaction standpoint, you might want to rethink the amount of time you delay. Obviously I don't know your specific situation, so maybe there's a very strong indicator to the user to wait for the effect. If there isn't, just beware that while you know what's supposed to happen when

[jQuery] Re: delaying an action

2009-04-21 Thread Brian Cherne
The hoverIntent plugin was meant just for this purpose. There's an initial delay (unavoidable) but if the user's mouse slows down significantly the hover event will fire... if their mouse continues moving the hover event is again delayed (and rechecked). It was originally conceived for when you

[jQuery] Re: delaying an action

2009-04-20 Thread RobG
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