Question

I have a simple .slideDown function:

$globalTabs.find('.seeMore a').live("click", function(){
     $globalTabs.find(".allTabs").slideDown('slow');
 });

When a user clicks on an <a> in .allTabs ,.allTabs does a .slideUp.

What I want to do, is if a user has not clicked anything in .allTabs and the mouse is no longer within .allTabs, then a timer initiates to wait x amount of time and then do the .slideUp. Additionally, if the mouse enters .allTabs again before the .slideUp triggers – then the timer is stopped and resets when the mouse is moved outside of .allTabs

Not sure how to approach. Any help would be appreciated.

base markup:

<div class="allTabs">
   <a href="#">link 1</a>
   <a href="#">link 2</a>
   <a href="#">link 3</a>
   <a href="#">link 4</a>
</div>

and:

<li class="seeMore"><a href="#">see more</a></li>

Answer 1

Try this way:

$(function() {
    var $allTabs = $globalTabs.find(".allTabs");
    var timer;
    $globalTabs.find('.seeMore a').live("click", function(){
        $allTabs.slideDown('slow');
    });
    $allTabs.mouseout(function(){
        timer = setTimeout(function() {$allTabs.slideUp()}, 3000);
    });
    $allTabs.mouseover(function() {
        clearTimeout(timer);
    });
});