# Losing mouse functionality in Google Chrome

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/losing-mouse-functionality-in-google-chrome/824187>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 8, 2018, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/losing-mouse-functionality-in-google-chrome/824187 "2018-11-08T14:01:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![carlb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carlb/32/5930_2.png) [@carlb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlb)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2018, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/losing-mouse-functionality-in-google-chrome/824187/1 "2018-11-08T14:01:43Z")

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For the last few weeks I’ve been having a problem with Google Chrome. The first symptom will be that mouse-overs don’t work on hyperlinks. Eventually, I will not be able to click on hyperlinks at all; nothing happens. Shutting down Chrome and re-starting usually fixes these problems. On very rare occasions I have to restart my computer. This loss of functionality is confined to web content; everything works fine in the menu bar and elsewhere in the Chrome window, and in other applications.

I’ve tried to keep an eye on which web sites I visit to see if I can determine if one in particular might be the culprit. So far, there’s nothing I can say for sure other than that, when doing my ritual morning web-surfing, I usually notice it first while on [fark.com](http://fark.com). Unfortunately, by that time I’ve clicked through to too many other web sites to be able to isolate any as the culprits.

FWIW I’m running an iMac that’s less than a year old, macOS 10.13.16, Chrome v70.0.3538.77.

Has this happened to anyone else? Suggestions for possible culprits?

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**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2018, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/losing-mouse-functionality-in-google-chrome/824187/2 "2018-11-09T19:46:43Z")

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Are you running a music player? [This reddit user](https://www.reddit.com/r/chrome/comments/373zhi/hover_functionality_broken_in_chrome_for_me/) said he was having the problem while running foobar.

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**Author:** ![carlb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carlb/32/5930_2.png) [@carlb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlb)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2018, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/losing-mouse-functionality-in-google-chrome/824187/3 "2018-11-11T12:39:34Z")

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No music player. Looking further into the Reddit user’s issue, I don’t have anything running in transparent mode, either (as far as I know).

Have to keep plugging away at it, I guess.

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**Author:** ![carlb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carlb/32/5930_2.png) [@carlb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlb)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2019, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/losing-mouse-functionality-in-google-chrome/824187/4 "2019-02-21T19:09:05Z")

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Months later, in case anybody cares, it seems to be something that Quicken for Mac is doing. When my mouse-overs start misbehaving, if I shut down Quicken they come instantly back.

Problem identified and remedied.