useHover

import {useHover} from '@floating-ui/react';

Usage

This Hook returns event handler props.

To use it, pass it the context object returned from useFloating() or useFloatingRootContext, and then feed its result into the useInteractions() array. The returned prop getters are then spread onto the elements for rendering.

function App() {
  const [isOpen, setIsOpen] = useState(false);
 
  const {refs, floatingStyles, context} = useFloating({
    open: isOpen,
    onOpenChange: setIsOpen,
  });
 
  const hover = useHover(context);
 
  const {getReferenceProps, getFloatingProps} = useInteractions([
    hover,
  ]);
 
  return (
    <>
      <div ref={refs.setReference} {...getReferenceProps()}>
        Reference element
      </div>
      {isOpen && (
        <div
          ref={refs.setFloating}
          style={floatingStyles}
          {...getFloatingProps()}
        >
          Floating element
        </div>
      )}
    </>
  );
}

Examples

• Default hover

Props

interface UseHoverProps {
  enabled?: boolean;
  mouseOnly?: boolean;
  delay?: number | Partial<{open: number; close: number}>;
  restMs?: number;
  move?: boolean;
  handleClose?: null | HandleCloseFn;
}

enabled

default: true

Conditionally enable/disable the Hook.

useHover(context, {
  enabled: false,
});

This is also useful when you want to disable further events from firing based on some condition. For example, you may disable the hook after hovering over the floating element to then prevent it from closing.

mouseOnly

default: false

Whether the logic only runs for mouse input, ignoring both touch and pen pointer inputs.

useHover(context, {
  mouseOnly: true,
});

delay

default: 0

Waits for the specified time when the event listener runs before changing the open state.

useHover(context, {
  // Delay opening or closing the floating element by 500ms.
  delay: 500,
 
  // Configure the delay for opening and closing separately.
  delay: {
    open: 500,
    close: 0,
  },
});

restMs

default: 0 (off)

Waits until the user’s cursor is at “rest” over the reference element before changing the open state.

useHover(context, {
  // The user's cursor must be at rest for 150ms before opening.
  restMs: 150,
});

You can also use a fallback delay if the user’s cursor never rests, to ensure the floating element will eventually open:

useHover(context, {
  restMs: 150,
  // If their cursor never rests, open it after 1000ms as a
  // fallback.
  delay: {open: 1000},
});

move

default: true

Whether moving the cursor over the floating element will open it, without a regular hover event required.

For example, if it was resting over the reference element when it closed. Uses the 'mousemove' event.

useHover(context, {
  move: false,
});

handleClose

default: null

Instead of closing the floating element when the cursor leaves its reference, we can leave it open until a certain condition is satisfied.

The package exports a safePolygon() handler which will only close the floating element if the pointer is outside a dynamically computed polygon area.

This allows the user to move the cursor off the reference element and towards the floating element without it closing (e.g. it has interactive content inside).

import {useHover, safePolygon} from '@floating-ui/react';
 
useHover(context, {
  handleClose: safePolygon(),
});

This handler runs on mousemove.

For a simpler alternative, depending on the type of floating element, you can use a short close delay instead.

safePolygon

A “safe” polygon is one that a pointer is safe to traverse as it moves off the reference element and toward the floating element after hovering it. If the pointer moves outside of this safe area, the floating element closes.

It is a dynamic polygon (either a rect or a triangle) originating from the cursor once it leaves a reference element. The triangle looks like this:

This function takes options.

requireIntent

default: true

Determines whether intent is required for the triangle polygon to be generated (that is, the cursor is moving quickly enough toward the floating element). false will keep the triangle active no matter the intent.

useHover(context, {
  handleClose: safePolygon({
    requireIntent: false,
  }),
});

When reference elements are placed near each other and they each have a hoverable floating element attached, true ensures that hover events for the other nearby references aren’t too aggressively blocked.

buffer

default: 0.5

Determines the amount of buffer (in pixels) there is around the polygon.

While the default value should handle the vast majority of cases correctly, if you find your floating element is closing unexpectedly as the pointer tries to move toward the floating element, try increasing this value.

useHover(context, {
  handleClose: safePolygon({
    buffer: 1,
  }),
});

Ignoring the triangle

If you only want the offset portion (rectangle bridge) between the reference and floating elements to be considered, you can set the value to -Infinity.

useHover(context, {
  handleClose: safePolygon({
    // Don't generate a triangle polygon, only consider the
    // rectangular bridge between the elements.
    buffer: -Infinity,
  }),
});

blockPointerEvents

default: false

Whether CSS pointer-events behind the polygon, reference, and floating elements are blocked. This ensures the user does not fire hover events over other elements unintentionally while they traverse the polygon.

useHover(context, {
  handleClose: safePolygon({
    blockPointerEvents: true,
  }),
});

This can cause container elements that listen for mouseleave events to fire. In older versions of Chrome (<114), scrolling containers can’t be scrolled while the pointer is over the floating element (the main window remains unaffected).

A [data-floating-ui-safe-polygon] selector is available as a parent, so scrolling containers can negate the pointer-events style:

[data-floating-ui-safe-polygon] .scroll {
  pointer-events: auto;
}
 
[data-floating-ui-safe-polygon] .scroll > div {
  pointer-events: none;
}

<div className="scroll">
  <div>
    Content inside here will remain blocked without affecting the
    scrolling parent.
  </div>
</div>