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fireEvent.mouseOver

fireEvent.mouseOver dispatches a mouseover event on a DOM node. It triggers that event only, so it does not reproduce every event caused by a real user interaction.

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fireEvent.mouseOver(node, eventProperties)

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  • fireEvent
  • fireEvent.click
  • fireEvent.mouseMove
  • fireEvent.mouseDown
  • user-event

Source: Considerations for fireEvent | Testing Library. Checked 2026-11-03.