JQuery dropdown - clearTimeout, setTimeout

Question

HTML:

<ul class="topnav">
    <li><a href="#"><span>One</span></a></li>
    <li><a href="#"><span>Two</span></a></li>
    <li>
        <li><a href="#"><span>Three</span></a></li>
        <ul class="subnav">
            <li><a href="#">A</a></li>
            <li><a href="#">B</a></li>
            <li><a href="#">C</a></li>
        </ul>
    </li>
</ul>

JQuery

var timeout = null;

$(document).ready(function() {

    $("ul.topnav li").mouseover(function() {

        if (timeout) clearTimeout(timeout);

        $(this).find("ul.subnav").slideDown('fast').show();

    }).mouseout(function() {
        timeout = setTimeout(closemenu, 500);
    });

    // sub menu mouseovers keep dropdown open
    $("ul.subnav li").mouseover(function() {
        if (timeout) clearTimeout(timeout);
    }
    ).mouseout(function() {
        timeout = setTimeout(closemenu, 500);
        // alert(timeout);

    });

    // any click closes
    $(document).click(closemenu);
});

// Closes all open menus 
function closemenu() {
    $('ul.subnav:visible').hide();
    if (timeout) clearTimeout(timeout);
} 

I have a timeout problem. When used, if I mouseover "Three", the dropdown menu remains forever. if I mouseover "A", the drop-down menu will stay forever, but if I attach "B" or anything below, the menu will close on me. if you uncomment "// alert (timeout)"; it gets there for B, (and A), but the wait time will matter. Why is this? I thought clearTimeout would ignore the timeout variable?

Answer 1

You can simplify the code as a whole by using .hover()and .data():

$(function() {
  $("ul.topnav li").hover(function() {
    var timeout = $(this).data("timeout");
    if(timeout) clearTimeout(timeout);
    $(this).find("ul.subnav").slideDown('fast');
  }, function() {
      $(this).data("timeout", setTimeout($.proxy(function() {
          $(this).find("ul.subnav").slideUp();
      }, this), 500));
  });
  $(document).click(function() {
      $('ul.subnav:visible').hide();
  });
});​

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Answer 2

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