Web/CSS/@media/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

@media (hover: hover) {
  a:hover {
    background: yellow;
  }
}

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
Media Queries Level 4The definition of 'hover' in that specification.	Candidate Recommendation	Initial definition.

Browser compatibility

The compatibility table on this page is generated from structured data. If you'd like to contribute to the data, please check out https://github.com/mdn/browser-compat-data and send us a pull request.

Update compatibility data on GitHub

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

Legend

Full support  

Full support

No support  

No support

See implementation notes.'

See implementation notes.

hover by Mozilla Contributors is licensed under CC-BY-SA 2.5.