Does jQuery have a handleout for .delegate('hover')?

Question

I am trying to use:

$('mydiv').delegate('hover', function() {  
    $('seconddiv').show();  
}, function() {  
    //For some reason jQuery won't run this line of code  
    $('seconddiv').hide();  
});

Answer 1

User113716's great answer will no longer work in jQuery 1.9+, because the pseudo-event hover is no longer supported (upgrade guide).

Also since jQuery 3.0 delegate() for binding events is officially deprecated, so please use the new on()^(docs) for all event binding purposes.

You can easily migrate user113716's solution by replacing hover with mouseenter mouseleave and switching to the on() syntax:

$('mydiv').on('mouseenter mouseleave', 'seconddiv', function(event) {
    $(this).toggle( event.type === 'mouseenter' );  
});

If your problem is more complex than a simple toggle, I suggest binding two separate events:

$('mydiv').on('mouseenter', 'seconddiv', function( event ) {
    // do something
}).on('mouseleave', 'seconddiv', function( event ) {
    // do something different
});

NB: Since hover was removed in v1.9 and on() was introduced in v1.7, there is no real need for a solution using delegate() - but if you like it for some reason; it is still there (for now) and does the job:

$('mydiv').delegate('seconddiv','mouseenter mouseleave', function(event) {
    $(this).toggle( event.type === 'mouseenter' );  
});