Mouseout parent element

[Nicodemas]

I am using jQuery to create a mouseout event on an element that contains many children.

<!-- simplified HTML -->
<div id="wrapper">
   <div id="child-1">... some content...</div>
   <div id="child-2">... some content...</div>
</div>

// simplified JavaScript
$("#wrapper").mouseout(function(){
   alert("Hello World!");
});

So, as I move the mouse cursor over the wrapper and its children, as I move between the children, child-1 and child-2, the mouseout event of the parent is firing.

Is this standard? I do not recall a mouseout event firing when you mouseover children of a parent. Is there something I am forgetting to do? Someone please freshen my memory.

[Dormilich]

yes, this behaviour is standard since mouseover and mouseout capture/bubble. you can use the non-capturing/non-bubbling mouseenter and mouseleave instead.