Detect mouse hover on page load with jQuery

Question

I wanted to detect whether the mouse was over an element when the web page was loaded. It appears this is not possible with jQuery - mouseover, hover etc. require a mouse mo

Answer 1

Why not! :)

Here is a solution of mine:

DEMO

Code from the demo:

function handler(ev) {
    var target = $(ev.target);
    var elId = target.attr('id');
    if( target.is(".el") ) {
       alert('The mouse was over'+ elId );
    }
}
$(".el").mouseleave(handler);