mouseout(fn) event fires when mouse is moved away from an element.
<html> <head> <script type="text/javascript" src="js/jquery-1.3.2.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript"> $(document).ready(function(){ $("div").mouseout(function(e){ var pageCoords = "( " + e.pageX + ", " + e.pageY + " )"; var clientCoords = "( " + e.clientX + ", " + e.clientY + " )"; $("span:first").text("( e.pageX, e.pageY ) - " + pageCoords); $("span:last").text("( e.clientX, e.clientY ) - " + clientCoords); }); }); </script> </head> <body> <body> <p> <span>Move the mouse over the div.</span> <span> </span> </p> <div>asdf</div> </body> </html>