jquery menu hovering

Question

i have a menu that when i mouse over a div it will show and on mouse out it will fade out. the problem is that if you roll over any of the menu\'s children the menu will dis

Answer 1

this is my fix

window.menushowing = false;

$('#menu').hover(

function() {
    window.menushowing = true;
}, function() {
    window.menushowing = false;
    hideMenu();
});

function hideMenu() {
    if (window.menushowing) return;
    $('#menu').animate({
        opacity: 0
    }, 1500, function() {
        $('#menu').hide();
    });
}

$('#examplePic').hover(

function() {
    window.menushowing = true;
    $('#menu').css('display', 'block');
    $('#menu').animate({
        opacity: 1
    }, 1500);

}, function() {
    hideMenu();
});