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Solving Sticky Hover States with @media (hover: hover)

February 18th, 2020 Leave a comment Go to comments

Mezo Istvan does a good job of covering the problem and a solution to it in a blog post on Medium¹.

If you tap on something that has a :hover state but you don’t leave the page then, on a mobile device, there is a chance that :hover state “sticks.” You’ll see this with stuff like jump-links used as tabs or buttons that trigger on-page functionality.

button:hover {
  border: 3px solid green; /* might stick! */
}

The solution, or trick, is a new(ish) “CSS4” media query that allows you only to apply styles on devices with hover capability.

@media (hover: hover) {
  button:hover {
    border: 3px solid green; /* solves sticky problem */
  }
}

Your typical touch screen mobile device will fail that media query, the style won’t apply, and you’ll avoid the sticky problem.

Support is solid, so not much worry there.

  1. It almost feels like we have to apologize to linking to things on Medium lately. I have no idea what you’re going to experience when you get there. Will you just be able to read it? Will it be a teaser where you have to log in to read more? Will it be behind a paywall? I have no idea. In this case, hopefully, this link post has enough info in it that isn’t not blocking you from learning anything.

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