Why isn't this jQuery selector working?

Question

JavaScript:

<script>

$('#aboutme').on('hover', function(){
    console.log("All the stuff");
    /* $("#aboutmedropdown").css("dispay","block"); */
});

</script>

HTML (css inline for now):

            <div class="nav">
                <ul class="navlist">
                    <li style="position: relative;"><a href="#"><img src="/img/nav-home.png" alt="Navigation Home"></a></li>
                    <li style="position: relative;"><a href="#"><img src="/img/nav-about.png" id="aboutme" alt="Navigation About"></a>
                        <div id="aboutmedropdown" style="width: 150px; position: absolute; background-color: #FFFFFF;">
                            <ul style="list-style: none; padding: 0; margin: 0; border-bottom: 5px solid #8cc419;" class="sub_menu">
                                <li style="display: block; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1px solid #8cc419;"><a href="#" style="color: #8CC419;">About Me</a></li>
                                <li style="display: block; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; color: #8CC419; text-align: center; border-bottom: 1px solid #8cc419;"><a href="#" style="color: #8CC419;">Testimonials</a></li>
                            </ul>
                        </div>
                    </li>
                    <li style="position: relative;"><a href="#"><img src="/img/nav-yoga.png" alt="Navigation Yoga"></a></li>
                    <li style="position: relative;"><a href="#"><img src="/img/nav-pilates.png" alt="Navigation Pilates"></a></li>
                    <li style="position: relative;"><a href="#"><img src="/img/nav-fitness.png" alt="Navigation Fitness"></a></li>
                    <li style="position: relative;"><a href="#"><img src="/img/nav-media.png" alt="Navigation Media"></a></li>
                    <li style="position: relative;"><a href="#"><img src="/img/nav-fitcamp.png" alt="Navigation Fitcamp"></a></li>
                    <li style="position: relative;"><a href="#"><img src="/img/nav-blog.png" alt="Navigation Blog"></a></li>
                </ul>
            </div>

I am inspecting the element and VERY CLEARLY see that I have the proper ID on the image I need to hover over -- #aboutme.

I am viewing page source and seeing that both my <script>, and jQuery, are loaded.

Yet, when I hover over the image with the id of aboutme, nothing happens in the console.

Any ideas?

Answer 1

Do not use hover with the on, use mouseout OR the equivalent mouseenter mouseout (together):

http://jsfiddle.net/deJNU/

Alternatively use the hover method like so:

$('#aboutme').hover(function() {
  console.log('hover in');
}, function() {
  console.log('hover out');
});