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HTML How to Make a Website Styling Web Pages and Navigation Polish the Navigation and Footer

Richard Rodis
Richard Rodis
1,112 Points
Posted by Richard Rodis
Richard Rodis
1,112 Points

Can't get navigation hover change color to work

I have this piece of code

 <nav>
        <ul>
         <li> <a href= "FAMILY.HTML" class="selected">Family</a> </li>

          <li> <a href= "PETS.HTML" class="selected"> Pets</a> </li>

          <li> <a href= "FOOD.HTML" class="selected"> Food</a> </li>

        </ul>

     </nav>

and

nav a.selected, nav a: hover {
  color: #32673f
}

But nothing happens when I hover over those navigation tabs?

How can I get it to work?

1 Answer

Dwayne Pate
Dwayne Pate
12,249 Points
Dwayne Pate
Dwayne Pate
12,249 Points

To get a link to change color when hovering you need to remove the space-

nav a:hover {

In your code, you are setting the link color and the hover color to the same, so you won't see a change, even if removing the space.

Try this instead-

nav a:hover { color: #32673f }