Simple delayed events for `mouseenter` & `mouseleave`

delayedEnter, delayedLeave, and delayedHover.js

/*
 * jQuery special events for delayedEnter, delayedLeave, and delayedHover
 * Author: Scott Jehl, scott@filamentgroup.com
 * Copyright (c) 2011 Filament Group
 * licensed under MIT
 * note: Each event can be used with bind or live event handling as you would use mouseenter,mouseleave, and hover
 * events fire after 200ms timeout
*/
(function($){
  //delayedEnter event
  $.map('delayedEnter delayedLeave'.split(' '), function( eventname ) {

    $.event.special[ eventname ] = {
    	enabled: true,

    	setup: function() {
    		var thisObject = this,
    			$this = $( thisObject ),
    			timeout = $.fn[ eventname ].delay,
    			hovering,
    			timer;

    		function trigger( event ) {
    			var originalType = event.type;
    			event.type = eventname;
    			
    			// Use dispatch instead of handle since 1.9
           		$.event.dispatch.call( thisObject, event );
    			event.type = originalType;
    		}
    		function func1( event ) {
    			if ( !$.event.special[ eventname ].enabled ) {
    				return;
    			}
    			hovering = true;

    			clearTimeout( timer );

    			timer = setTimeout(function() {
    				if ( hovering ) {
    					trigger( event );
    				}
    			}, timeout );
    		}
    		function func2( event ) {
    			hovering = false;
    		}
    		$this.bind({
    			"mouseenter": ( eventname == "delayedEnter" ? func1 : func2 ),
    			"mouseleave": ( eventname == "delayedEnter" ? func2 : func1 )
    		});
    	},
    	// .off() hook
    	remove: function() {
    		$(this).off('mouseleave mouseenter');
    	}
    };

    //make available as method
    $.fn[ eventname ] = function( fn ) {
    	return fn ? this.bind( eventname, fn ) : this.trigger( eventname );
    };
    $.fn[ eventname ].delay = 200;

    // Internal attr "attrFn" was removed since 1.9.0
    // http://jquery.com/upgrade-guide/1.9/#removed-properties-of-the-event-object
    // read comments here: https://github.com/jquery/jquery-mobile/pull/4759
    if ( $.attrFn ) {
      $.attrFn[ eventname ] = true;
    }

  });

  //proxy similar to jQuery's hover
  //if leaveCallback isn't defined, enterCallback will apply to both
  $.fn.delayedHover = function( enterCallback, leaveCallback ){
  	return this.delayedEnter(enterCallback).delayedLeave( leaveCallback || enterCallback );
  };
})(jQuery);