Hover is an interaction state where a pointer (usually a mouse cursor) is held over an item to perform an action or display information.
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What are some alternatives to “hover” on touch-based devices?
Came up recently in a 37signals podcast:
http://37signals.com/podcast#episode18
The straightforward, "brute-force" solution is to just use the first touch on a UI object as the hover.
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Are hover menus in headers easy to use?
Do users find it easy to use headers/menus like the one displayed below?
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Re-thinking “hover” functionality with touchscreens in mind
Take the following page as an example (possibly in Firefox only):
As you hover over each search result, an "+ Add to Firefox" button appears.
However, that idea of the button appearing upon ...
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iPad/iPhone alternative for hover states
I've recently updated my personal portfolio with some CSS3 and jQuery magic. I'm extremely pleased with the results and yes, it's fully responsive. But i have an issue. I've structured my portfolio ...
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Why is there a convention on the web for dropdown menus on hover instead of on click?
This is something I've always wondered. On all major operating systems, application menus (File/Edit/View etc) only appear on click. However, nearly every web site that uses a drop-down menu ...
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Should the cursor change to pointer over radio buttons, checkboxes, their labels and selects?
I always do so because to me it feels nicer; it implies an action will happen on click. Especially for radio/checkbox labels, where the for attribute is correctly used.
This is not the default ...
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Should my menus drop down on hover + on click or just on click?
I have a web application that currently has menus that drop down 'on hover'. This is obviously an issue on tablets, etc. where there is no hover equivalent.
So, I need to add an 'on click' ...
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Change text color when hovering over hyperlink
Should the text color change when hovering over a hyperlink? I usually change my hyperlinks to a lighter shade of blue upon hover.
a:link {
color: #0088cc;
}
a:hover {
color: #0099dd;
}
I ...
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What should be the alternate of Hover on Mobile Devices? [duplicate]
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iPad/iPhone alternative for hover states
Re-thinking “hover” functionality with touchscreens in mind
We have our intranet application using the Megflyouts ...
