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hover

The hover CSS media feature can be used to test whether the user's primary input mechanism can hover over elements.

Syntax

The hover feature is specified as a keyword value chosen from the list below.

none

The primary input mechanism cannot hover at all or cannot conveniently hover (e.g., many mobile devices emulate hovering when the user performs an inconvenient long tap), or there is no primary pointing input mechanism.

hover

The primary input mechanism can conveniently hover over elements.

Examples

HTML

<a href="#">Try hovering over me!</a>

CSS

/* default hover effect */
a:hover {
  color: black;
  background: yellow;
}

@media (hover: hover) {
  /* when hover is supported */
  a:hover {
    color: white;
    background: black;
  }
}

Result

Specifications

Browser compatibility

Desktop Mobile
Chrome Edge Firefox Internet Explorer Opera Safari WebView Android Chrome Android Firefox for Android Opera Android Safari on IOS Samsung Internet
hover
38Before Chrome 41, the implementation was buggy and reported (hover: none) on non-touch-based computers with a mouse/trackpad. See bug 441613.
12 64 No 28 9
38Before Chrome 41, the implementation was buggy and reported (hover: none) on non-touch-based computers with a mouse/trackpad. See bug 441613.
50 64 28 9 5.0

See also

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