jQuery setTimeout

Question

I\'d like to add a timeout to this tooltip code so it only displays if the mouse hovers over it after a while rather than immediately... I tried adding the setTimeout()

Answer 1

var my_timer;
$('.mcTxb').hover(
    function () {
        my_timer = setTimeout(function () {
            //do work here
        }, 500);
    },
    function () {
        clearTimeout(my_timer);
    }
);

This will wait half a second before doing whatever when you mouseover the element and the whatever will not happen if you mouseout within the half second.