I am trying to show a description when hovering over an option in a select list, however, I am having trouble getting the code to recognize when hovering.
Relevant code:
Select chunk of form:
<select name="optionList" id="optionList" onclick="rankFeatures(false)" size="5"></select>
<select name="ranks" id="ranks" size="5"></select>
Manipulating selects (arrays defined earlier):
function rankFeatures(create) {
var $optionList = $("#optionList");
var $ranks = $("#ranks");
if(create == true) {
for(i=0; i<5; i++){
$optionList.append(features[i]);
};
}
else {
var index = $optionList.val();
$('#optionList option:selected').remove();
$ranks.append(features[index]);
};
}
This all works. It all falls apart when I try to deal with hovering over options:
$(document).ready(
function (event) {
$('select').hover(function(e) {
var $target = $(e.target);
if($target.is('option')) {
alert('yeah!');
};
})
})
I found that code while searching through Stack Exchange, yet I am having no luck getting it to work. The alert occurs when I click on an option. If I don't move the mouse and close the alert by hitting enter, it goes away. If I close out with the mouse a second alert window pops up. Just moving the mouse around the select occasionally results in an alert box popping up.
I have tried targeting the options directly, but have had little success with that. How do I get the alert to pop up if I hover over an option?
