jQuery mousemove() is called even if the mouse is still
For me, if I try this example: http://jsfiddle.net/bY3CC/3/ the "mouse moved" text appears even if I move my mouse over the document and then I let it still... Why's that? ;\ And also, seems like the message only appears in Chrome.... Strange :-s The global event object is non-standard, so it only exists in some browsers, like IE (perhaps only in quirks mode) and appearently in Chrome. Accept the event object as a parameter to the event handler: var last_moved=0; $(document).mousemove(function(e){ var now = e.timeStamp; if (now - last_moved > 1000) { $('#messages').append('mouse moved<br/>');