Select and style a link when you mouse over it:
More "Try it Yourself" examples below.
The :hover selector is used to select elements when you mouse over them.
Tip: The :hover selector can be used on all elements, not only on links.
Tip: Use the :link selector to style links to unvisited pages, the :visited selector to style links to visited pages, and the :active selector to style the active link.
Note: :hover MUST come after :link and :visited (if they are present) in the CSS definition, in order to be effective!
Version: | CSS1 |
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The numbers in the table specifies the first browser version that fully supports the selector.
Selector | |||||
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:hover | 4.0 | 7.0 | 2.0 | 3.1 | 9.6 |
Note: In IE there must be declared a <!DOCTYPE> for the :hover selector to work on other elements than the <a> element.
Select and style a <p>, <h1> and <a> element when you mouse over it:
Select and style unvisited, visited, hover, and active links:
Style links with different styles:
CSS tutorial: CSS Links
CSS tutorial: CSS Pseudo classes