Question

I have set a div through jQuery to show and hide on hover of an item. Within the div I have dropdowns, but when I click on the Select List and hover on the Options List, the Select Menu closes instantly.

jQuery:

        <script type='text/javascript'>//<![CDATA[ 
    $(window).load(function(){

        $(".tiptext").mouseover(function() {
            $(this).children(".description").show();
        }).mouseout(function() {
            $(this).children(".description").hide();
        });


    });//]]>  
    </script>

HTML:

    <div class="description" style="display: none;">

                <div id="tab1">
                    <h2>Calendar Use</h2>
                    <p>Available dates are marked in white, those unavailable are black. The holiday villa is available from 4:00pm on the day of arrival and needs to be vacated by 10:00am on the day of departure. If you have earlier flight arrival times kindly contact us directly.</p>
                </div>

                <div id="tab2">
                    <h2>Check Availability</h2>
                    <br><p>Arrival Date</p>
                    <div id="calendar-titles"><span class="day-t">day</span><span class="month-t">month</span><span class="year-t">year</span></div>

<form method="post" action="">

                        <div id="calendar-container"><select id="year2Sel" name="year2Sel" onchange="showRSS(document.getElementById('field2').value"></select><select id="monthSel" name="monthSel" onclick="showRSS(document.getElementById('field2').value, document.getElementById('yearSel').value, this.value, document.getElementById('daySel').value )"><option value="0">January</option><option value="1">February</option><option value="2">March</option><option value="3">April</option><option value="4">May</option><option value="5">June</option><option value="6">July</option><option value="7">August</option><option value="8">September</option><option value="9">October</option><option value="10">November</option><option value="11">December</option></select><select id="daySel" name="daySel" onchange="showRSS(document.getElementById('field2').value, document.getElementById('yearSel').value, document.getElementById('monthSel').value, this.value )"><option value="1">1</option><option value="2">2</option><option value="3">3</option><option value="4">4</option><option value="5">5</option><option value="6">6</option><option value="7">7</option><option value="8">8</option><option value="9">9</option><option value="10">10</option><option value="11">11</option><option value="12">12</option><option value="13">13</option><option value="14">14</option><option value="15">15</option><option value="16">16</option><option value="17">17</option><option value="18">18</option><option value="19">19</option><option value="20">20</option><option value="21">21</option><option value="22">22</option><option value="23">23</option><option value="24">24</option><option value="25">25</option><option value="26">26</option><option value="27">27</option><option value="28">28</option><option value="29">29</option><option value="30">30</option><option value="31">31</option></select></div>
<select id="yearSel" name="yearSel" onchange="showRSS(document.getElementById('field2').value, document.getElementById('yearSel').value, document.getElementById('monthSel').value, document.getElementById('daySel').value)">
                            <option value="2013">2013</option>
                            <option value="2014">2014</option>
                        </select>

<div id="avail-left">
<p>No of Nights</p>
<span>min stay: 7 nights</span>

                        <input type="text" id="field2" name="nights" onkeyup="showRSS(this.value, document.getElementById('yearSel').value, document.getElementById('monthSel').value, document.getElementById('daySel').value)" value="" alt="Test" onkeypress="return isNumberKey(event)" onchange="isValid();">

</div>
<div id="avail-right">
<p>Est. Rate</p>
<div id="rssOutput"></div></div>

<input type="submit" value="Enquire" name="submit" class="enquirebtn">
                    </form>

                    <br>



                </div>

                <div id="tab3">
                    <iframe width="243px" height="221px" src="/calendar/index.php" frameborder="0" border="0" style="border:0px;"></iframe>
                </div>

            </div>

Anyone got suggestions as to how to solve this issue?

Answer 1

use mouseenter and mouseleave instead of mouseover and mouseout

the mouseover and mouseout events fire for a given element if the user mouses over or out of an element nested within the given element.

    $(".tiptext").mouseenter(function() {
        $(this).children(".description").show();
    }).mouseleave(function() {
        $(this).children(".description").hide();
    });

going thorugh this link will be helpful if you want to knw the difference between these