hover an element with javascript code example

Example 1: get hover element js

let test = document.getElementById("test");
  
// This handler will be executed only once when the cursor
// moves over the unordered list
test.addEventListener("mouseenter", function( event ) {   
  // highlight the mouseenter target
  event.target.style.color = "purple";

  // reset the color after a short delay
  setTimeout(function() {
    event.target.style.color = "";
  }, 500);
}, false);

Example 2: javascript on hover

<img onmouseover="enlargeImage(this)" border="0" src="smiley.gif" alt="Smiley" width="32" height="32">

<script>
function enlargeImage(x) {
  x.style.height = "64px";
  x.style.width = "64px";
}
</script>