Leaflet Mouseout called on MouseOver event

Question

I have a leaflet map where I'm dynamically adding markers.

I want to call the popup for a marker when I hover over it in addition to when I click the marker.

My code is:

function makeMarker(){
   var Marker = L.marker...
   Marker.on('mouseover', function(){Marker.bindPopup('HI').openPopup();});

   Marker.on('mouseout', function(){Marker.closePopup();});
}

If I comment out the mouseout line, then the popup appears but then I have to click elswhere to close it. The problem is when I put in the mouseout, at that point, the cursor kinda flickers when it hovers over the marker and nothing shows. I think that the popup is openning but then closing really fast which is why the cursor flickers but I don't know how to fix this

Answer 1

The popup is actually loading underneath the cursor and 'stealing' the mouse from the Marker, triggering the Marker.mouseout() event, which causes the popup to close and re-triggers the Marker.mouseover() event... and the cycle continues which is why you see the 'flicker'.

I have seen this happen depending on the zoom level (usually when zoomed right out).

Try adding an offset into your popup options to get it out of the way:

function makeMarker(){
   var Marker = L.marker...
   Marker.on('mouseover', function(){Marker.bindPopup('HI', {'offset': L.point(0,-50)}).openPopup();});

   Marker.on('mouseout', function(){Marker.closePopup();});
}

Answer 2

I know it's an old thread but I've just came across this issue and I thought that I can share my solution. Instead of offsetting the popup, I am preventing the popup from stealing the mouse event using CSS by setting:

.my-popup {pointer-events: none;}

and assigning my-popup className to the popup:

Marker.on('mouseover', function () {Marker.bindPopup('HI', {className: 'my-popup'}).openPopup();})

I hope this helps someone :)