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Create a hover effect

Use events and feature states to create a per feature hover effect.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>Create a hover effect</title>
<meta name="viewport" content="initial-scale=1,maximum-scale=1,user-scalable=no">
<link href="https://api.mapbox.com/mapbox-gl-js/v3.2.0/mapbox-gl.css" rel="stylesheet">
<script src="https://api.mapbox.com/mapbox-gl-js/v3.2.0/mapbox-gl.js"></script>
<style>
body { margin: 0; padding: 0; }
#map { position: absolute; top: 0; bottom: 0; width: 100%; }
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div id="map"></div>
<script>
// TO MAKE THE MAP APPEAR YOU MUST
// ADD YOUR ACCESS TOKEN FROM
// https://account.mapbox.com
mapboxgl.accessToken = 'YOUR_MAPBOX_ACCESS_TOKEN';
const map = new mapboxgl.Map({
container: 'map',
// Choose from Mapbox's core styles, or make your own style with Mapbox Studio
style: 'mapbox://styles/mapbox/streets-v12',
center: [-100.486052, 37.830348],
zoom: 2
});
let hoveredPolygonId = null;

map.on('load', () => {
map.addSource('states', {
'type': 'geojson',
'data': 'https://docs.mapbox.com/mapbox-gl-js/assets/us_states.geojson'
});

// The feature-state dependent fill-opacity expression will render the hover effect
// when a feature's hover state is set to true.
map.addLayer({
'id': 'state-fills',
'type': 'fill',
'source': 'states',
'layout': {},
'paint': {
'fill-color': '#627BC1',
'fill-opacity': [
'case',
['boolean', ['feature-state', 'hover'], false],
1,
0.5
]
}
});

map.addLayer({
'id': 'state-borders',
'type': 'line',
'source': 'states',
'layout': {},
'paint': {
'line-color': '#627BC1',
'line-width': 2
}
});

// When the user moves their mouse over the state-fill layer, we'll update the
// feature state for the feature under the mouse.
map.on('mousemove', 'state-fills', (e) => {
if (e.features.length > 0) {
if (hoveredPolygonId !== null) {
map.setFeatureState(
{ source: 'states', id: hoveredPolygonId },
{ hover: false }
);
}
hoveredPolygonId = e.features[0].id;
map.setFeatureState(
{ source: 'states', id: hoveredPolygonId },
{ hover: true }
);
}
});

// When the mouse leaves the state-fill layer, update the feature state of the
// previously hovered feature.
map.on('mouseleave', 'state-fills', () => {
if (hoveredPolygonId !== null) {
map.setFeatureState(
{ source: 'states', id: hoveredPolygonId },
{ hover: false }
);
}
hoveredPolygonId = null;
});
});
</script>

</body>
</html>
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