Jquery condition check is(':hover') not working

Question

$(\'.xx\').mouseenter(function(){
  if($(this).is(\':hover\'))
    alert(\'d\');
  else
     alert(\'f\');
});

Here is my code, it should alert \'d

Answer 1

Here is a little jQuery plugin that checks if the mouse is over an element.

Usage:

$("#YourElement").isMouseOverMe();

Example:

(function($) {

  var mx = 0;
  var my = 0;

  $(document).mousemove(function(e) { // no expensive logic here
    mx = e.clientX; 
    my = e.clientY;
  })

  $.fn.isMouseOverMe = function() {

    var $el = $(this);
    var el_xmin = $el.offset().left;
    var el_ymin = $el.offset().top;
    var el_xmax = el_xmin + $el.width();
    var el_ymax = el_ymin + $el.height();
    return mx >= el_xmin && mx <= el_xmax && my >= el_ymin && my <= el_ymax;
  };

}(jQuery));

$(document).mouseup(function(e) {
  console.log($("#div").isMouseOverMe())
})

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<h2>Click inside or outside of the yellow box</h2>
<div id="div" style="width:200px;height:200px;background-color:yellow;margin-top:50px"></div>

Answer 2

As Frederic said, :hover is part of CSS and is not a selector in jQuery.

For an alternative solution, read How do I check if the mouse is over an element in jQuery?

Set a timeout on the mouseout to fadeout and store the return value to data in the object. Then onmouseover, cancel the timeout if there is a value in the data.

Remove the data on callback of the fadeout.

Answer 3

Try something like this

flag = ($('.xx:hover').length>0);

So you can find out if the mouse is, the object

Answer 4

Try something like this-

$('.xx').hover(function(){        
        alert('d');
    }, function() {
       alert('f);
    });

Answer 5

x.filter(':hover').length

This may be also usable when you already had queried some objects / or inside callback function.

Answer 6

:hover is a CSS pseudo-class, not a jQuery selector. It cannot be reliably used with is() on all browsers.