Avoid submenu from disappearing quickly

All,

How do I modify the javascript behind the following menu to make sure the menu items don't disappear so fast when they are no longer hovered? I want the submenus to wait for atleast 2 seconds on the screen before they disappear.

http://sandbox.scriptiny.com/dropdown-menu/index.html

The Javascript behind the html looks like this:

var menu=function(){
    var t=0,z=50,s=6,a;
    function dd(n){this.n=n; this.h=[]; this.c=[]}
    dd.prototype.init=function(p,c){
        a=c; var w=document.getElementById(p), s=w.getElementsByTagName('ul'), 
                     l=s.length, i=0;
        for(i;i<l;i++){
            var h=s[i].parentNode; this.h[i]=h; this.c[i]=s[i];
            h.onmouseover=new Function(this.n+'.st('+i+',true)');
            h.onmouseout=new Function(this.n+'.st('+i+')');
        }
    }
    dd.prototype.st=function(x,f){
        var c=this.c[x], h=this.h[x], p=h.getElementsByTagName('a')[0];
        clearInterval(c.t); c.style.overflow='hidden';
        if(f){
            p.className+=' '+a;
            if(!c.mh){c.style.display='block'; c.style.height=''; 
                       c.mh=c.offsetHeight; c.style.height=0}
            if(c.mh==c.offsetHeight){c.style.overflow='visible'}
            else{c.style.zIndex=z; z++; c.t=setInterval(function(){sl(c,1)},t)}
        }else{p.className=p.className.replace(a,''); 
                   c.t=setInterval(function(){sl(c,-1)},t)}
    }
    function sl(c,f){
        var h=c.offsetHeight;
        if((h<=0&&f!=1)||(h>=c.mh&&f==1)){
            if(f==1){c.style.filter=''; c.style.opacity=1; 
                       c.style.overflow='visible'}
            clearInterval(c.t); return
        }
        var d=(f==1)?Math.ceil((c.mh-h)/s):Math.ceil(h/s), o=h/c.mh;
        c.style.opacity=o; c.style.filter='alpha(op开发者_StackOverflowacity='+(o*100)+')';
        c.style.height=h+(d*f)+'px'
    }
    return{dd:dd}
}();

setTimeout(

    function(){

        // here is  you code for disappear menu

    }, 2000);

You can use jQuery's delay function before hiding the menu.

I saw your code. You're using onmouseout event. Inside that event, you can wait for 2 seconds, then hiding the dropped down menu:

$('#menu').hover(function () {
     // Mouse entered.
}, function () {
     // Mouse left (out)
     $(this).delay(2000).hide();
});

Sounds like a good candidate for hoverintent.