Can you make hovered state in Firebug "sticky?"

Solution 1:

When inspecting links, Firebug shows the default CSS state, i.e. styles applied to a:link. By default, the :hover and :active styles are not shown. Fortunately, you can change the state of the link by clicking Style and choosing the appropriate option:

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Solution 2:

For what I wanted, there's an option for it in the Style dropdown above the CSS styles for the element. Just click the dropdown, and select :active or :hover and it keeps the styles for the selected and hovered element :)

Solution 3:

Sometimes items are not affected by the ":hover" state but by a mouseover in jQuery or similar, in that case you can manualy trigger the event (or force the event) in the console tab by writing:

$('#a-random-selector').mouseover()

Hope it helps, I came here looking for this answer but had to figure it out myself

Solution 4:

You can try using Chrome inspector, and trigger :active :visited state etc.. on the element under styles.

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Solution 5:

Open both firebug and web developer->Inspector. In the Inspector window, locate the code line where the hover starts, right click the mouse and choose the :hover. Then the hover state will stay, you can do whatever you want in firebug.