I have a web page with elements that when mouse hover over element, text appears inside the element. I want to generate the "Mouse hover"/"mouseenter" to show the text even without the mouse actually hover over the element. Code for example:
HTML
<div>
<span id="hover_to_show_text">Hover here to show hidden text</span>
<span id="hidden_text" style="display:none">Hidden text</span>
</div>
JS
$( "#hover_to_show_text" ).mouseenter(function() {
$( #hidden_text ).show();
});
$( "#hover_to_show_text" ).mouseleave(function() {
$( #hidden_text ).hide();
});
I want to generate the "mouseenter" that's triggers the "$( "#hover_to_show_text" ).mouseenter(function() {" in jQuery, and leave to "mouseenter" there for a N seconds.
I tried (separately):
$("#hover_to_show_text").hover();
$("#hover_to_show_text").trigger('mouseover');
$("#hover_to_show_text").trigger('mouseenter');
Didn't work. Is there a way to do it?
Thanks.
Should work. The events are triggered almost immediately. So you might not have seen the difference.
Encase the tiggering of mouseleave
inside a setTimeout
to see the difference.
$( "#hover_to_show_text" ).mouseenter(function() {
$('#hidden_text').show();
});
$( "#hover_to_show_text" ).mouseleave(function() {
$('#hidden_text').hide();
});
$("#hover_to_show_text").trigger('mouseover');
setTimeout(function() {
$("#hover_to_show_text").trigger('mouseleave');
}, 1500);
Update
// Just triggering the click event will not work if no
// click handler is provided.
// So create one first
$("#btn").on('click', function () {
// trigger the mouse enter event
$("#hover_to_show_text").trigger('mouseenter');
setTimeout(function () {
$("#hover_to_show_text").trigger('mouseleave');
}, 1500);
});