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CSS

Posted by pgmd
pgmd
6,897 Points

hover

When to use nav:hover or a:hover? Are they the same?

1 Answer

Janek Rezner
Janek Rezner
12,973 Points
Janek Rezner
Janek Rezner
12,973 Points

nope! nav:hover would select the whole nav at once when you hover over it (so once for the whole element)

and

a:hover when on actual links individually are selected (so it would trigger a selection each time for every link ).

you nav might span across the whole viewport so it makes sense to do a:hover.

pgmd
pgmd
6,897 Points

Thank you. That makes total sense. And yet, the test did not consider a:hover as a correct answer but rather nav a:hover. Seems strange!