mouse.exited and mouse.exited.global not properly triggered?

[aspauldingcode]

Having issues keeping my popup drawing set as off when mouse has exited the apple item.
in my apple.sh:

# Handle mouse events
case "$SENDER" in
  "mouse.entered")
    sleep 2  # Wait for 2 seconds before showing the popup
      sketchybar --set $NAME popup.drawing=on
    ;;
  "mouse.exited" | "mouse.exited.global")
    sketchybar --set $NAME popup.drawing=off
    ;;
  "mouse.clicked")
    sketchybar --set $NAME popup.drawing=toggle
    ;;
  "routine")
    ;;
esac

I wanted to add a nested if statement which double checks after 2 seconds if I am still hovered on the item, before setting the popup drawing=on.

However, the code above doesn't do this, because if I add the nested for loop it seems to still think it's hovered. I'm not exactly sure how to approach this.

[aspauldingcode]

it might be more of: how do I do this?
before triggering the popup, I want it to check for 2 seconds (in case I move the mouse away, it should instead not popup). If I hold on the item for 2 seconds, and after 2 seconds I am still hovering, then it would know I'm expecting a popup and it will set popup drawing on.

[cagdassalur]

these are events that trigger the instant they happen, so it you won't get if the mouse is on the item afterwards.
You can consider doing something like this:

# on the entered event
rm /tmp/sk_exited_"$NAME"
(
  sleep 2
  [[ -f /tmp/sk_exited_"$NAME" ]] || sketchybar --set $NAME popup.drawing=on
) &

# on the exited event
touch /tmp/sk_exited_"$NAME"

With this, exit events set a flag, so you can read that 2 seconds after the enter event to know if your cursor is still didn't exit.

Maybe there's a more straightforward way of doing it, but idk