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JavaScript

Posted by Himanshu Chopra
Himanshu Chopra
3,055 Points

Changing hover styles with Javascript?

Hi I have this code in my CSS file 

    .topnav > li:hover:not(.active) > a {
        background: #3e3e3e;
     }

I want to achieve this with javascript . Could someone please help me with this thing, with some explanation ?

Liam Maclachlan
Liam Maclachlan
22,805 Points

Would jQuery suffice, or does it need to be JavaScript? This would be much easier using the jQuery library, is all :)

1 Answer

Liam Maclachlan
Liam Maclachlan
22,805 Points
Liam Maclachlan
Liam Maclachlan
22,805 Points

I think, from what you are trying to achieve, if you overwrite the '.active' css below the ':hover', you won't have the problem that I think you are having :)

.topnav li.active > a {
        background: #ffb900;
}

.topnav > li:hover > a {
        background: #3e3e3e;
     }

.topnav > li.active:hover > a {
        background: #ffb900;
}
Liam Maclachlan
Liam Maclachlan
22,805 Points

This is making an assumption, though. If you still want a jQuery/Javascript, I'm happy to provide an answer :)

Himanshu Chopra
Himanshu Chopra
3,055 Points

Hello Liam Maclachlan . Yes jQuery would be suffice. Well I am working on theme customization where User have some option to customize the theme. The user can change the background Color or Header and Side Navigation , He has the option to change the color of Icons.

Now I have done these things but I want that user can also change the Background Color of the Option in header for hover state. I want to target this.

.topnav > li:hover:not(.active) > a

or

.topnav > li:hover > a

& then I will set the color picked by user to this selector.