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The second I move my mouse to inspect a hover style, the hover state disappears and I'm back to guessing.
What you'll have at the end
A screenshot of the hover style, taken with the mouse nowhere near the button.
You need
A page in your own project with a CSS :hover style that vanishes the moment you move your mouse toward DevTools to inspect it, open in Chrome with the Elements panel already open.
Not covered
A hover effect wired up with a JavaScript mouseenter or mouseleave listener instead of CSS's hover pseudo-class: forcing the pseudo-class doesn't fire that listener, so a JavaScript-driven effect needs triggering some other way.
Leans on
Checked 20 Aug 2026
Part of the Chrome DevTools cookbook