Why does the hover effect on desktop not work on mobile and tablet with a tab gesture in Webflow, and how can I fix this?

Hover effects in Webflow work on desktop because of mouse input, but they don’t respond the same on mobile and tablet devices where users interact via touch.

1. Why Hover Effects Don’t Work on Touch Devices

• Touchscreens don’t have a hover state like desktop cursors; they rely on tap gestures.
• On mobile or tablet, tapping may sometimes trigger a hover style once, but it's not reliable or consistent.
• Webflow uses standard CSS hover states, which are not designed for touch interaction.

2. Workarounds for Mobile and Tablet Devices

• Use a tap interaction instead of a hover effect in Webflow’s Interactions panel.
• In your animation setup, use On Tap as the trigger for touch devices.
• Manually recreate the hover animation (e.g., color change, scale, opacity) as a Click (Tap) trigger instead.

3. Create Device-Specific Interactions

• Duplicate the element if necessary and set display visibility based on the device.
• Use Webflow’s visibility settings to show one version with hover (for desktop) and another version with a Tap interaction (for mobile/tablet).
• This helps avoid conflicts or inconsistent interaction behavior across devices.

4. Use a Click to Toggle Appearance

• If your hover interaction shows dropdowns, tooltips, or extra content, use a Click to toggle visibility on mobile and tablet.
• Add a Close trigger if needed to let users dismiss the element.

Summary

Hover effects don’t work on touch devices due to lack of cursor input. Use Tap interactions in Webflow to recreate hover-like behaviors for mobile and tablet users, and consider splitting components for device-specific UX consistency.