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Asked: 2026-05-23T13:59:16+00:00

I wanted to detect whether the mouse was over an element when the web

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I wanted to detect whether the mouse was over an element when the web page was loaded. It appears this is not possible with jQuery – mouseover, hover etc. require a mouse move; as does getting the current mouse position (to compare with element bounds).

I have not seen this specific question asked, but have seen people saying the various bits of this aren’t possible…

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  1. Editorial Team

    My solution: add a new CSS value with the hover pseudoselector, then test for that. This seems to only work sometimes, however.

    CSS:

    #el:hover {background-color: transparent; }

    jQuery:

    if ($('#el').css('background-color') == 'transparent')
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