ddlevelmenu - menu hides when it should stay shown

[millerg]

1) Script Title: ddlevelsmenu

2) Script URL (on DD): http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex1/ddlevelsmenu/

3) Describe problem:
when you open a sublevel menu and move the mouse out of the menu it closes, fine.
but if the next level menu up is still shown, due to the timeout, and you move the mouse back over it then that menu should stay visible but instead hides when the timeout finishes.

is there a way to clear/reset the timeout when you move back over a visible menu?

[ddadmin]

It should behave this way by default already- cancel the hide timeout if the mouse moves back over a sub menu while it's still visible after the mouse initially moves out of it. How long do you have the timeout value set to?

[millerg]

time-out is currently set to 1000.

If I go through the menus, staying within the lines, then it all works fine.
But if on the 3rd level menu you go out of the lines when going back to the 2nd level menu then the 3rd menu disappears instantly and the 2nd level will disappear after the time-out even though I am now within it's borders.

[millerg]

I have found that if you leave the 3rd level menu and then return to the 2nd level , first leaving the menu completely, if you roll-over a menu item with a sub-menu then the time-out isn't reset and the menu will disappear, but if you roll-over a menu item without a sub-menu then the time-out is reset and the menu stays visible.

[millerg]

A bit more investigation has found that:-

it works in IE6
if doesn't work in FF or Chrome or IE with Chrome Frame

it appears the mouseover event for the <li> to open the submenu is causing the mouseover in the menu <div> to not fire.

[millerg]

found the cause lines 191/2
if (e.stopPropagation)
e.stopPropagation()

removing these lines solves the problem.

[ddadmin]

Thanks for sharing your findings.