# Table shadow on hover shouldn't appear when we can't edit the table

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/table-shadow-on-hover-shouldnt-appear-when-we-cant-edit-the-table/345421
**Category:** UX
**Tags:** desktop
**Created:** [January 3, 2025, 11:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/table-shadow-on-hover-shouldnt-appear-when-we-cant-edit-the-table/345421 "2025-01-03T11:54:26Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![Canapin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/canapin/32/119591_2.png) [@Canapin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Canapin)
#### Post date: [January 3, 2025, 11:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/table-shadow-on-hover-shouldnt-appear-when-we-cant-edit-the-table/345421/1 "2025-01-03T11:54:26Z")

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I believe the shadow on hover was introduced with #table-builder, emphasizing that we could interact and edit the hovered table.

But the shadow remains for no reason on posts we don’t have the capability to edit tables.

It gives me the false impression that I’m able to edit the table when I can’t 😅

The shadow doesn’t appear on mobile.

You can see the effect here 👇

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| Couch Potato | Stationary tuber | Stuck on autopilot |
| Quantum Cat | Exists in all rooms simultaneously | Schrödinger’s pet |
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### Author: ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [January 6, 2025, 12:30am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/table-shadow-on-hover-shouldnt-appear-when-we-cant-edit-the-table/345421/2 "2025-01-06T00:30:33Z")

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Nice catch, putting #pr-welcome on this one.

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### Author: ![awesomerobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/awesomerobot/32/142900_2.png) [@awesomerobot](https://meta.discourse.org/u/awesomerobot)
#### Post date: [January 6, 2025, 6:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/table-shadow-on-hover-shouldnt-appear-when-we-cant-edit-the-table/345421/3 "2025-01-06T18:17:15Z")

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One minor detail is that we also want the hover effect if the table is too wide and can be expanded, I’ve covered this here:

[https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/30585](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/30585)