I Want To Apply Delay On Mouse Out in css - html

Question

I am trying to apply a delay before starting a CSS transition on mouse out event. My CSS code is below, please let me know how to apply time delay before CSS transition on mouse out starts.
I want to achieve that the menu stays stable for some time (e.g. for 3 seconds) after the user moves mouse pointer out of the menu.
.timnav li .dropdown {
width: auto;
min-width: 0px;
max-width: 230px;
height: 0;
position: absolute;
overflow: hidden;
z-index: 999;
background:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);
}
.timnav li:hover .dropdown {
min-height: 60px;
max-height: 500px;
height: auto;
width: 100%;
padding: 0;
-webkit-transition: delay .5s ease-in-out;
-moz-transition: delay .5s ease-in-out;
-o-transition: delay .5s ease-in-out;
}
.timnav li .dropdown ul {
margin: 0;
margin-top:7px;
}
.timnav li .dropdown ul > li {
display: block;
width: 100%;
float: left;
text-align: left;
height: auto;
border-radius: none;
padding-bottom:2px;
}
.timnav li .dropdown .dropdown2{
display: none;
width: 100%;
float: left;
text-align: left;
height: auto;
border-radius: none;
}
.timnav li .dropdown ul > li:hover .dropdown2{
display: block;
width: 100%;
float: left;
text-align: left;
height: auto;
border-radius: none;
}
.timnav li .dropdown .dropdown2:hover {
display: block;
width: 100%;
float: left;
text-align: left;
height: auto;
border-radius: none;
}
.timnav li .dropdown .dropdown2 li a {
display: block;
padding-left:7px !important;
height:6 !important;
padding-top:8px;
background: url(../images/nav-bg.jpg) repeat; color:#fff;
}
.timnav li .dropdown ul > li a {
display: block;
line-height: 26px;
height: 22px;
padding: 10px;
background: url(../images/nav-crrent.jpg) repeat; color:#FFFFFF;
}
.timnav ul .dropdown ul li:first-child a {
border-radius: 0;
}
.timnav li .dropdown li a:hover {
background: url(../images/nav-bg.jpg) repeat; color:#000;
}

Answer 1

You can add a delay to a transition, the syntax is as follows:
transition: all 0.5s ease-in-out 3s;
So
transition: <property> <duration> <timing-function> <delay>;
The syntax is the same for all the prefixed versions also.
I have created a demo of this, because you need to do something a bit tricky in order to make the item appear with no delay, but delay before it goes.
http://jsfiddle.net/pgqM2/
The trick is to re-define the transition to add the 3s delay when there is no hover, but to have a 0s delay when there is a hover:
li ul {
opacity: 0;
transition: all 0.5s ease 3s;
}
li:hover ul {
opacity: 1;
transition: all 0.5s ease 0s;
}

Answer 2

There is a transition-delay property in CSS. Simply add this to your code, and you will get the desired effect.
transition-delay:3s;
For the purpose of shorthand transition properties, here is a picture that sums it up
So in your case it would look like this
div:hover {
-webkit-transition: .5s ease-in-out 3s;
-moz-transition: .5s ease-in-out 3s;
-o-transition: .5s ease-in-out 3s;
transition: .5s ease-in-out 3s;
color: red;
cursor: pointer;
}
<div>Hover me. There is a delay!</div>
Here is a fiddle to demonstrate

Answer 3

You cant use css transition when using display none, only solution with display none is js.

Answer 4

You can use the css3 property transition-delay to delay executing css. Click "Try it Yourself" to see an example.