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Trigger a mouseover event on the iPhone/iPod Touch iOS devices
I just found this out by accident on my iPod touch. And I haven't seen this as a hint before. It's actually possible to trigger a mouseover event in the Safari browser on an iPhone or iPod touch. You just have to click and hold the link that has the mouseover effect. At first, you get a popup with the link or description. If you then release your finger, however, the mouseover effect is triggered!

It doesn't seem to work in every case, but it can be useful sometimes. For example, on websites that make use of a drop-down menu, or that give extra information in pop-ups on mouseover.

I don't know if this is new in the 1.1.3 firmware, but it's a nice detail.
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Trigger a mouseover event on the iPhone/iPod Touch
Authored by: dipsomaniac on Feb 21, '08 10:06:18AM

I never realized this might not be known or I would have submitted this as a hint a long time ago. It's definitely not new in 1.1.3.



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Works on 1.02
Authored by: kaylo on Feb 24, '08 11:17:37AM

Works for me in firmware 1.0.2 (though I often end up following the link, as well, which I'm not fond of. Try mousing-over a cardname at essentialmagic.com, for instance)



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Doesn't work in OS 3.0 ?
Authored by: henryaz on Jun 25, '09 01:43:29PM

In one test I ran, it doesn't seem to work in my ipod touch, OS 3.0. The panel comes up (open, open in new page, copy, cancel), but the pop-up menu triggered by the rollover does not get a chance to engage.



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