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Julián Gustavo Gómez

@thejuliangomez@mastodon.social · last week

@atpfm #askatp Have any of you come across this frustrating bug where the cursor's ability to interact via hover on the Mac breaks across the OS (or sometimes just certain buttons, like the x to close a Safari tab or the emoji reaction button on slack)?

I couldn't figure out what was causing it, but then this @macrumors forum post pin-pointed how to recreate the bug and indeed it does for me. Seems like a long-term but easily triggered bug the Mac team should've fixed. https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/found-a-solution-for-the-macos-mousecursor-hover-focusloss-contextmenu-bug.2450307/

A screenshot from the forum post that reads:

4. How to trigger the bug:

While I don’t have exact statistics, here's a typical way to reproduce the bug

- Open two windows from different apps (e.g., a Finder window and a Safari window).
- Click on the Finder window to focus it.
- Right-click on the Safari window. The context menu should appear.
- Instead of selecting an option, click outside the context menu to close it.

After doing this, hover effects will stop working until you refocus by clicking on another app and then back to Safari. This sequence of actions seems to disrupt the normal functioning of hover effects across various applications. — A screenshot from the forum post that reads: 4. How to trigger the bug: While I don’t have exact statistics, here's a typical way to reproduce the bug - Open two windows from different apps (e.g., a Finder window and a Safari window). - Click on the Finder window to focus it. - Right-click on the Safari window. The context menu should appear. - Instead of selecting an option, click outside the context menu to close it. After doing this, hover effects will stop working until you refocus by clicking on another app and then back to Safari. This sequence of actions seems to disrupt the normal functioning of hover effects across various applications.

MacRumors Forums

Found a solution for the macOS MouseCursor/Hover/FocusLoss/ContextMenu Bug!

TL;DR: I discovered a workaround for the frustrating macOS hover bug using an app called BetterMouse. It features an option called “Right Click Through” that seems to fix the issue completely (though I still need to test it further). This option activates a window before executing a right...

@siracusa@mastodon.social · last week

@thejuliangomez If it’s reproducible, you should file a Feedback, if you can. What versions of macOS does it happen on?

Julián Gustavo Gómez

@thejuliangomez@mastodon.social · last week

@siracusa Thanks! I've submitted a Feedback (as seemingly have others in that forum post from May 2025.)

I don't remember it happening prior to the last couple of weeks. So far I've noticed it on macOS 26.2 and 26.3.

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