How do I check if the mouse is over an element in jQuery?

Question

Is there a quick & easy way to do this in jQuery that I\'m missing?

I don\'t want to use the mouseover event because I\'m already using it for something else. I

Answer 1

WARNING: is(':hover') is deprecated in jquery 1.8+. See this post for a solution.

You can also use this answer : https://stackoverflow.com/a/6035278/8843 to test if the mouse is hover an element :

$('#test').click(function() {
    if ($('#hello').is(':hover')) {
        alert('hello');
    }
});