`hover` CSS media feature

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since December 2018.

See full compatibility

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

html

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

CSS

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

Specification
Media Queries Level 4 # hover

Browser compatibility

	desktop					mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Opera	Safari	Chrome Android	Firefox for Android	Opera Android	Safari on iOS	Samsung Internet	WebView Android	WebView on iOS
`hover` media feature	Chrome – Full support Chrome 38 (Release date: 2014-10-07) footnote footnote Before Chrome 41, the implementation was buggy and reported `(hover: none)` on non-touch-based computers with a mouse/trackpad. See bug 40397980.	Edge – Full support Edge 12 (Release date: 2015-07-29) footnote Full support	Firefox – Full support Firefox 64 (Release date: 2018-12-11) footnote Full support	Opera – Full support Opera 25 (Release date: 2014-10-15) footnote footnote Before Opera 28, the implementation was buggy and reported `(hover: none)` on non-touch-based computers with a mouse/trackpad. See bug 40397980.	Safari – Full support Safari 9 (Release date: 2015-09-30) footnote Full support	Chrome Android – Full support Chrome Android 50 (Release date: 2016-04-13) footnote footnote On some Android devices, such as certain Samsung models, the `(hover: hover)` media query may incorrectly match. See bug 41445959.	Firefox for Android – Full support Firefox for Android 64 (Release date: 2018-12-11) footnote Full support	Opera Android – Full support Opera Android 37 (Release date: 2016-06-16) footnote footnote On some Android devices, such as certain Samsung models, the `(hover: hover)` media query may incorrectly match. See bug 41445959.	Safari on iOS – Full support Safari on iOS 9 (Release date: 2015-09-16) footnote Full support	Samsung Internet – Full support Samsung Internet 5 (Release date: 2016-12-15) footnote footnote On some Android devices, such as certain Samsung models, the `(hover: hover)` media query may incorrectly match. See bug 41445959.	WebView Android – Full support WebView Android 50 (Release date: 2016-04-13) footnote footnote On some Android devices, such as certain Samsung models, the `(hover: hover)` media query may incorrectly match. See bug 41445959.	WebView on iOS – Full support WebView on iOS 9 (Release date: 2015-09-16) footnote Full support

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Full support: Full support
: See implementation notes.

hover CSS media feature

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`hover` CSS media feature