setTimeout problem

[rquintal]

I need some help with the following code found on 'A List Apart':

startList = function() {if (document.all&&document.getElementById) {navRoot = document.getElementById("nav");for (i=0; i<navRoot.childNodes.length; i++) {node = navRoot.childNodes[i];if (node.nodeName=="LI") {node.onmouseover=function() {this.className+=" over";  }  node.onmouseout=function() {  this.className=this.className.replace (" over", "");   }   }  } }}window.onload=startList;

The code is for a hybrid css dropdown menu. All is well when I use the code as provided. What I would like to add is a delay in hiding the sub-menu (node.onmouseout=...). I can't get a setTimeout to work. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thank you.

[justsomeguy]

You should be able to do something like this:

function menu_mouseout(el){  el.className=el.className.replace (" over", "");}...node.onmouseout=function() {  window.setTimeout("menu_mouseout(this)", 500); //execute after 500 milliseconds}