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24 alternatives to HoverOnTouch.js
Alternative hover function for mobile devices
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. HoverOnTouch.js launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Hover States▲135New, interesting, and weird in web and design
2016 · hoverstat.es · its alternatives →
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Its Hover▲293Icons that move and react mirroring user intent
Jan 2026 · itshover.com · its alternatives →
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Gradient Buttons▲171Beautiful buttons with hover animations
2017 · gradientbuttons.colorion.co · its alternatives →
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Hoverboard▲70A space for coders, designers, writers & makers
2014 · hoverboard.io · its alternatives →
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Power Hover▲75Hoverboarding fun with stunning visuals and challenges
2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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I find that the drag and drop experience can quickly become a nightmare, especially on mobile. To tap, hold, drag, and scroll, all at the same time, is both difficult to achieve, and prone to errors. I've always had in mind this 2-step approach, where picking an element and placing it were two separate steps. So I implemented this basic version to showcase my idea. While it might take more time than a regular drag and drop, the benefit is for people who struggle with holding down the mouse button. With picknplace.js, you only need two clicks and some scrolling. This solution is meant as an…
Dec 2025 · jgthms.com · its alternatives →
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Hoverify 2.0▲392Stop bouncing between tools. Hoverify lets you inspect, edit, test, debug, capture and optimize websites from one browser extension.
2021 · tryhoverify.com · its alternatives →
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jQuery Aim▲103Guesses which element user is going to be hovered/clicked
2014 · github.com · its alternatives →
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2019 · mdbootstrap.com · its alternatives →
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Flexible arm that attaches anywhere you use your iPad
2014 · twelvesouth.com · its alternatives →
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I thought it would be interesting to have ID style hover docs outside the IDE. Hover is a Chrome extension that gives you IDE style hover tooltips on any webpage: documentation sites, ChatGPT, Claude, etc. How it works: - When a code block comes into view, the extension detects tokens and sends the code to an LLM (via OpenRouter or custom endpoint) - The LLM generates documentation for tokens worth documenting, which gets cached - On hover, the cached documentation is displayed instantly A few things I wanted to get right: - Website permissions are granular and use Chrome's permission…
Jan 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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2020 · hole.dev · its alternatives →
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2016 · hoverbot.io · its alternatives →
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ScrollMagic▲112The jQuery plugin for magical scroll interactions.
2014 · scrollmagic.io · its alternatives →
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Hover Me▲75Quickly annotate any image and integrate in your website
2021 · hoverme.io · its alternatives →
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The needs of app developers all around for better work tools the world give way to progress. On the UI Frameworks front, one toolkit proves useful.
2014 · touchstonejs.io · its alternatives →
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Chic Pi▲70Redefining the Hoverboard by Casing Battery & Unibody Frame
2017 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →
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