Hover

Move the pointer over an element by selector or ref.

terminal
pinchtab hover e5
curl -X POST http://localhost:9867/action \  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \  -d '{"kind":"hover","ref":"e5"}'
Response
OK

Use this when menus or tooltips appear only after hover.

CLI Flags

FlagDescription
--cssCSS selector instead of ref
--x, --yHover at specific coordinates
--jsonFull JSON response
--tabTarget specific tab

The CLI accepts unified selector forms: e5, #menu, xpath://button, text:Menu, find:account menu.

Selector lookup is limited to current frame scope (default: main). Use /frame before iframe hover calls.