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Interest invoker API #1358

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The interest invokers API allows to implement tooltips without requiring JS code to manage them.

Chrome sjipped this in 2025. It is missing in Firefox and Safari

Specification

whatwg/html#11006

web-feature

interest-invokers

Test Links

https://wpt.fyi/results/?q=feature:interest-invokers

Additional Signals

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1984699
mozilla/standards-positions#1181 (neutral)
WebKit/standards-positions#464 (waiting for a fresh evaluation after spec changes)

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  1. github-actions commented on Sep 4, 2026

    @github-actions

    This comment was automatically generated based on the information you provided. Please don't edit it.

    Below is additional information about the web feature (from the web-features project) which is referenced in your proposal.
    If this doesn't accurately correspond to your proposal, please update your initial comment to include web-features: <feature-id>.
    To find feature IDs, use the web-features explorer.

    Feature Interest invokers

    • ID: interest-invokers
    • Name: Interest invokers
    • Description: Interest invokers, registered by the interestfor HTML attribute, trigger events and actions on a target element when a user shows interest in the element, through behaviors such as hover, focus, or long-press. Pseudo-elements apply styles to sources and targets of interest.
    • Baseline status: Limited Availability
    • Developer signals: 51 votes / 1 use case (details)
    • WPT tests: wpt.fyi results
    • More information: See the web-features explorer
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