Hide jquery tool-tip after sometime, even if the mouse is still over the element

Question

I want that the tooltip should hide automatically after few seconds.Even if the mouse is over the element, still the tooltip must hide after sometime. I am using the jquery tooltip pluggin.

Answer 1

Add setTimeout to open event:

$( '#field' ).tooltip(
  open: function( event, ui ) {
    setTimeout(function(){ 
      $( '#field' ).tooltip( "close" );
    }, 3000);
  })
;

fiddle