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# UIHoverEffect

A hover effect that can apply to a view through a hover style.

```
protocol UIHoverEffect
```

## Overview

You don’t conform to this protocol directly. Instead, you use a built-in [`UIHoverEffect`](/documentation/UIKit/UIHoverEffect-40091) like [`UIHoverAutomaticEffect`](/documentation/UIKit/UIHoverAutomaticEffect-swift.struct).

## Topics

### Choosing a hover effect

[`static var automatic: UIHoverAutomaticEffect`](/documentation/UIKit/UIHoverEffect-40091/automatic)

A system-default hover effect that automatically selects the appropriate effect based on the view to which it applies.

[`static var highlight: UIHoverHighlightEffect`](/documentation/UIKit/UIHoverEffect-40091/highlight)

An effect that applies a highlight to the view on hover.

[`static var lift: UIHoverLiftEffect`](/documentation/UIKit/UIHoverEffect-40091/lift)

An effect that can visually lift the view on hover where appropriate.

## Relationships

### Conforming Types

[`UIHoverHighlightEffect-swift.struct`](/documentation/UIKit/UIHoverHighlightEffect-swift.struct)

[`UIHoverLiftEffect-swift.struct`](/documentation/UIKit/UIHoverLiftEffect-swift.struct)

[`UIPointerEffect-swift.enum`](/documentation/UIKit/UIPointerEffect-swift.enum)

[`UIHoverAutomaticEffect-swift.struct`](/documentation/UIKit/UIHoverAutomaticEffect-swift.struct)

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