Is it possible to use jQuery .on and hover?

Question

I have a

that is populated with javascript after the initial page load. I\'m currently using .bind with mouseover and

Answer 1

You can you use .on() with hover by doing what the Additional Notes section says:

Although strongly discouraged for new code, you may see the pseudo-event-name "hover" used as a shorthand for the string "mouseenter mouseleave". It attaches a single event handler for those two events, and the handler must examine event.type to determine whether the event is mouseenter or mouseleave. Do not confuse the "hover" pseudo-event-name with the .hover() method, which accepts one or two functions.

That would be to do the following:

$("#foo").on("hover", function(e) {

    if (e.type === "mouseenter") { console.log("enter"); }
    else if (e.type === "mouseleave") { console.log("leave"); }

});

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EDIT (note for jQuery 1.8+ users):

Deprecated in jQuery 1.8, removed in 1.9: The name "hover" used as a shorthand for the string "mouseenter mouseleave". It attaches a single event handler for those two events, and the handler must examine event.type to determine whether the event is mouseenter or mouseleave. Do not confuse the "hover" pseudo-event-name with the .hover() method, which accepts one or two functions.