I'm trying to get buttons to appear when hovering over an image. The following works:
jQuery('.show-image').mouseenter(function() {
jQuery('.the-buttons').animate({
opacity: 1
}, 1500);
}).mouseout(function() {
jQuery('.the-buttons').animate({
opacity: 0
}, 1500);
});
However, when moving from the image to the button (which is over the image), the mouseout/mouseenter is triggered, so the buttons fade out then fade back in (the buttons have the same class as the image, otherwise they just stay faded out). How can I prevent this from triggering? I've also tried the above code using jQuery's hover; same results. Here's a detail of the image showing the button with opacity 1 (because I'm over the image):
http://i.stack.imgur.com/egeVq.png
Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
The simplest solution is to put the two in the same parent div
and give the parent div
the show-image
class.
I like to use .hover()
to save a few key strokes. (alll hover does is implement .mouseenter()
and .mouseleave()
, but you don't have to type them out)
Additionally it's very imporant to fade $(this).find(".the-buttons")
so that you only change the button in the hovered over div
otherwise you would change all of the .the-buttons
on the entire page! .find()
just looks for descendants.
Finally, .animate()
will work, but why not just use .fadeIn()
and .fadeOut()
?
JS:
jQuery(function() { // <== Doc ready
jQuery(".the-buttons").hide(); // Initially hide all buttons
jQuery('.show-image').hover(function() {
jQuery(this).find('.the-buttons').fadeIn(1500); // use .find() !
}, function() {
jQuery(this).find('.the-buttons').fadeOut(1500); // use .find() !
});
});
Try it out with this jsFiddle
HTML: - Something like this
<div class="show-image">
<img src="http://i.stack.imgur.com/egeVq.png" />
<input class="the-buttons" type="button" value=" Click " />
</div>
CSS: - Something like this. Yours will likely be different.
div {
position: relative;
float:left;
margin:5px;}
div input {
position:absolute;
top:0;
left:0; }
Put the image and the button in the same div, then put the mouseover/mouseout events on the div. Than whether your mouse is over either the button or the image, it will still be over the div.
Also I am not sure if mouseenter(...).mouseout(...)
will work. I always use hover(..., ...)