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Answer 1

+3 A:

function outfunction(event) {
    var that = this; // to be able to use this later.
    window.setTimeout(function() {
        …
    /* you can use 'that' here to refer to the element
       event is also available in this scope */
    }, 3000);
}

Georg 2008-12-21 21:02:33

You ought to pass the event object to out, and to the inner anonymous function.

Triptych 2008-12-21 21:04:50

one cannot pass it to the inner function but it works because the anonymous function uses the scope of the outer function.

Georg 2008-12-21 21:07:33

Accessing the event object in the inner function is dubious, better would be to acquire any info needed from the event object into variables in the outer function.

AnthonyWJones 2008-12-21 21:15:44

But so is using 'that', and I know of no way to circumvent that, besides using another anonymous function.

Georg 2008-12-21 21:20:51

Answer 2

+1 A:

var doSomething = function () {
    //Some code will here after 3 seconds of mouseout
};

anElement.onmouseout = function () {
   setTimeout(doSomething, 3000);
};

What the above code does is execute the doSomething function after 3 seconds of the onmouseout being invoked

Andreas Grech 2008-12-21 21:03:00

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