Question

I have a wordpress menu like this one:

<div id="top_menu">
  <ul class="menu">
    <li id="menu-item-1" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-1"><a href="moo">moo</a>
      <ul class="sub-menu">
        <li id="menu-item-2" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-2"><a href="foo">foo</a></li>
        <li id="menu-item-3" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-3"><a href="bar">bar</a></li>
      </ul>
    </li>
    <li id="menu-item-4" class="menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-4"><a href="baz">baz</a></li>
  </ul>
</div>

styled like this:

#top_menu ul li ul{
    z-index: 9999;
    position: absolute;
    left: -999em;
    height: auto;
    top:80px;
    width:auto;
    clear:both;
    border:0;
    border-top:none;
}
#top_menu ul li li {
    margin:0px;
    padding:0px;
    background:none;
    width:auto;
}

#top_menu ul li ul a { 
    width:auto;
    line-height:26px;
    font-size:16px;
    display:block;
    text-align:left;
    text-shadow: none;
}
#top_menu ul li:hover ul ul, #top_menu ul li:hover ul ul ul, #top_menu ul li.sfhover ul ul, #top_menu ul li.sfhover ul ul ul {
    left: -999em;
}
#top_menu ul li:hover ul, #top_menu ul li li:hover ul, #top_menu ul li li li:hover ul, #top_menu ul li.sfhover ul, #top_menu ul li li.sfhover ul, #top_menu ul li li li.sfhover ul {
    left: auto;
}
#top_menu ul li:hover, #top_menu ul li.sfhover { 
    position: static;
}

You can see it here: http://jsfiddle.net/JBXLr/1/

Now, if you go over “moo” sub-menu with foo and bar will be shown. My goal now is to keep that sub-menu open for let’s say 2s after the mouse moves out of the “moo”-link-area. How can I do this?

I will be grateful for any help!

Answer 1

use javascript (jQuery) to show sub-menu and apply delay()

$('#top_menu li').hover(function(){
    $('.sub-menu', this).show();
}, function(){
    $('.sub-menu', this).delay(2000).hide();
});