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 mouseover) 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 anchor, the cursor will change from default
to pointer
(small hand with index pointing) to indicate to the user that the item is clickable.