Proper Hovers
Showing how to handle hovering on and off correctly
HTML
<div id="correctHover" class="bigBox">Correct Hover<div class="fader"><p>FADE</p></div></div>
<div id="incorrectHover" class="bigBox">Incorrect Hover<div class="fader"><p>FADE</p></div></div>
CSS
body{
font-family:"Helvetica", Arial, sans;
}
.bigBox{
width:200px;
height:200px;
border: 4px solid black;
background: white;
float:left;
margin-right:10px;
}
.fader{
display:none;
position:relative;
left:50px;
top:35px;
background: black;
width:100px;
height:100px;
-webkit-border-radius: 50px;
-moz-border-radius: 50px;
border-radius: 50px;
}
.fader p{
color:white;
text-align:center;
padding-top:40px;
}
JavaScript
//correct way to do fading in and out
$('#correctHover').hover(
//mouseover
function(e){
$(this).children('.fader').stop().fadeIn('fast');
},
//mouseout
function(e){
$(this).children('.fader').stop().fadeOut('fast', function(e){
$(this).css('opacity', 1.0);//fixes a big with fadeIn/fadeOut
});
}
);
//incorrect way to do fading in and out
$('#incorrectHover').hover(
//mouseover
function(e){
$(this).children('.fader').stop().fadeIn('fast');
},
//mouseout
function(e){
$(this).children('.fader').stop().fadeOut('fast');
}
);