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# hover

> Hover the mouse over an element.

Same target rules as `click`. Useful for revealing tooltips or hover-only menus.

## Parameters

| Parameter | Type                 | Required | Description                                                                                     |
| --------- | -------------------- | -------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `on`      | `string`             | No       | Natural-language description of the hover target.                                               |
| `css`     | `string`             | No       | CSS selector for the target. Use instead of the description key.                                |
| `coords`  | `string \| { x, y }` | No       | Absolute viewport coordinates. Either an `x, y` string (e.g. `120, 40`) or a `{ x, y }` object. |
| `x`       | `number \| string`   | No       | X coordinate. Must be provided together with `y`.                                               |
| `y`       | `number \| string`   | No       | Y coordinate. Must be provided together with `x`.                                               |
| `force`   | `boolean`            | No       | Force the action even when the element is not actionable.                                       |
| `iframe`  | `string`             | No       | URL or URL pattern of the iframe that contains the target element.                              |
| `offset`  | `string \| { x, y }` | No       | Pixel offset from the resolved target. Either an `x, y` string or a `{ x, y }` object.          |
| `saveAs`  | `string`             | No       | Name of the variable to write this step's return value to.                                      |
| `retries` | `number`             | No       | Number of times to retry the step on failure before failing the test.                           |
| `skipped` | `boolean`            | No       | Skip this step at execution time.                                                               |

## Shorthand

Target description as a single string.

```yaml theme={null}
- hover: the card on the page containing "return 3"
```

## Examples

```yaml theme={null}
- hover:
    css: '[aria-label="Stable hover card panel"]'
    offset:
      x: 489
      y: 69
```

```yaml theme={null}
- hover:
    coords: 5, 5
```

## Related

* [Finding elements](/core-concepts/finding-elements)
* [Test format](/core-concepts/test-format)