Hi There, This is my first post to this board and I am rather new to Webflow.
I built a simple grid (2 rows, 2 Columns) that has an icon, and some text in each grid box. I set the background of each grid box to change color on hover. It “sort of” works. When i hover on the background it changes color, but if I hover over the icon (which does not have a hover state) it changes the color on the background on the grid box directly below it. Can anyone help me understand why simply mousing over he icon would mess up the hover state of the background box?
Ah, I see what’s happening! Looking at your grid, this is a classic hover “bleed through” issue.
What’s going on is when you hover over the icons in the top row, the hover event is somehow getting picked up by the cards in the bottom row instead. This usually happens because of how the grid items are positioned or because there’s some overlap in the hover detection areas.
Here’s what I’d check:
First, make sure each icon is actually contained within its proper grid cell. Sometimes icons can be positioned in a way where they’re technically outside their container boundaries, which confuses the browser about which element you’re actually hovering over.
Second, try adding a hover state to your icons themselves, even if you don’t want them to change. Just set it to the same appearance as the normal state. This helps the browser understand that the icon should “catch” the hover event instead of letting it pass through.
Third, check if your grid cells have any transforms or weird positioning that might be causing the hover areas to shift around. Sometimes a transform or margin can push the invisible hover zone to a different spot than where you see the visual element.
You might also want to look at the z-index values. If the icons have a lower z-index than the background elements, the hover might be going to whatever’s “on top” in the stacking order.
Try those and see if it helps! This kind of thing is usually a small positioning quirk that’s easy to miss
I appreciate your quick response! I tried every approach you suggested and nothing seemed to fix. I will continue to poke around and see what I can find.