Cypress does not have a cy.hover() command. See Issue #10.
If cy.hover() is used, an error will display and redirect you to this page.
Workarounds
Sometimes an element has specific logic on hover and you do need to “hover” in Cypress. Maybe the element doesn’t even display to be clickable until you hover over another element.
Oftentimes you can use .trigger(), .invoke() or cy.wrap() to show the element before you perform the action.
Check out our example recipe on testing hover and working with hidden elements
Trigger
If the hover behavior depends on a JavaScript event like mouseover, you can trigger the event to achieve that behavior.
Using
.trigger()will only affect events in JavaScript and will not trigger any effects in CSS.
As a workaround, check out the recipe leveraging Chrome remote debugging to set pseudo classes like hover.
Simulating mouseover event to get popover to display
cy.get('.menu-item').trigger('mouseover')
cy.get('.popover').should('be.visible')
Invoke
Example of showing an element in order to perform action
cy.get('.hidden').invoke('show').click()
Force click
You can also force the action to be performed on the element regardless of whether the element is visible or not.
Example of clicking on a hidden element
cy.get('.hidden').click({ force: true })
Example of checking a hidden element
cy.get('.checkbox').check({ force: true })