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

JUST FYI for future finders of this.

I made a jQuery plugin that can do this and a lot more. In my plugin, to get all elements the cursor is currently hovered over, simply do the following:

$.cursor("isHover"); // will return jQ object of all elements the cursor is 
                     // currently over & doesn't require timer

As I mentioned, it also has alot of other uses as you can see in the jsFiddle found here