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Hover refers to the action of placing the mouse cursor over a given element. Hover can also refer to an event in which a user on a touch-enabled device touches a given element.

Hover (sometimes referred to as ) is an event in which the user places the mouse cursor over any given element in a graphical user interface. Hover can also refer to an event in which a user on a touch-enabled device touches a given element.

In most cases, when hovering an item such as, for example, an , the cursor will change from default to pointer (small hand with index pointing) to indicate to the user that the item is clickable.

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pure javascript to check if something has hover (without setting on mouseover/out)

I have seen this jQuery syntax: if($(element).is(':hover')) { do something} Since I am not using jQuery, I am looking for the best way to do this in pure javascript. I know I could keep a global variable and set/unset it using mouseover and…
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Set a:hover based on class

I have the following HTML:
home business about me
In CSS, I want to set…
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Does css hover work on mobile devices?

Does css hover work on mobile devices? I have a css hover class which works fine on a regular web browser, but doesn't work on mobile browsers.
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CSS hover border makes elements adjust slightly

I have an unordered list full or anchors. I have a CSS :Hover event that adds borders to it but all the anchors to the left slightly adjust when i hover because it is adding 1px to the width and auto adjusting. how do i make sure the positioning is…
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Spin or rotate an image on hover

I want to find out how to make a spinning or rotating image when it is hovered. I would like to know how to emulate that functionality with CSS on the following code : img { border-radius: 50%; }
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css: avoid image hover first time blinking

I have an anchor that changes its background image when hovered with a class class-btn that contains a background-image. When hovered, it has a.class-btn:hover { background-image('path/to/image-hovered.jpg'); } When the page loads the first…
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How to debug CSS/Javascript hover issues

I often find myself wanting to debug CSS layout issues that involve DOM changes caused by Javascript in reaction to a hover event or different CSS rules applying due to the :hover selector. Normally, I'd use Firebug to inspect the element that's…
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div hover background-color change?

How can I make it act as if a line of div is anchor so when I hover on it it returns to red CSS .e { width:90px; border-right:1px solid #222; text-align:center; float:left; padding-left:2px; cursor:pointer; } .f .e { …
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Can you make hovered state in Firebug "sticky?"

When I'm debugging a site, sometimes the hovered selectors are a little long winded and similar to other ones, is there a way to apply a kind of "sticky" state to hover rules in Firebug? Example; I hover over a nav bar and want to copy the selector…
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Bootstrap table row hover

How do I make the background change of a table row in Bootstrap 3 on hover. The table class I am using right now is table table-striped. I tried to add a extra class to the tags within the table and made the css like this…
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How can I add new line/linebreak character in title attribute in HTML

I am using this Click here When someone hover over it I see all the text in one line. Is there any way to show it on new line?
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Using JQuery hover with HTML image map

I have a complicated background image with a lot of small regions that need rollover illustration highlights, along with additional text display and associated links for each one. The final illustration stacks several static images with transparency…
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CSS On hover show another element

I want to use CSS to show div id='b' when I hover over div id='a', but I cannot figure out how to do it because the div 'a' is inside another div that div 'b' is not in.
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How to toggle class using pure javascript in html

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Differences between CSS3 :hover and :focus?

The CSS3 doc talks about :hover and :focus, which seem exactly the same to me. What are the differences between the two? What am I not seeing? Thanks!
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