Javascript onHover event

Question

Is there a canonical way to set up a JS onHover event with the existing onmouseover, onmouseout and some kind of timers? Or just any method to fire an arbitrary function if

Answer 1

If you use the JQuery library you can use the .hover() event which merges the mouseover and mouseout event and helps you with the timing and child elements:

$(this).hover(function(){},function(){});

The first function is the start of the hover and the next is the end. Read more at: http://docs.jquery.com/Events/hover