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Design

Jonny Strange
Jonny Strange
6,412 Points
Posted by Jonny Strange
Jonny Strange
6,412 Points

Hover not working on mobile navigation menu

I'm designing a online portfolio of myself but the :hover isn't working when the mouse is hovering over the mobile navigation menu links. ;hover is working everywhere else. My test site's http://www.jstrange.co.uk/testsite/index.html

3 Answers

thomascawthorn
thomascawthorn
22,986 Points

Ah I've got it.

ID's have higher priority than classes.

This:

#main-menu li a
{
    background: #fff;   
}

is overriding this:

.mobile-menu li a:hover {
    background: #ac5104;
}

even when hovered.

try this:

#main-menu.mobile-menu li a:hover {
    background: #ac5104;
}
Jonny Strange
Jonny Strange
6,412 Points
Jonny Strange
Jonny Strange
6,412 Points

Thanks Tom it's working now.

thomascawthorn
thomascawthorn
22,986 Points
thomascawthorn
thomascawthorn
22,986 Points

Can you copy in the particular bit of css that isn't working?

Also the html of JUST that button :-)

Jonny Strange
Jonny Strange
6,412 Points
Jonny Strange
Jonny Strange
6,412 Points

html:

<a class="mobile-menu-toggle" id="mobile-nav-trigger" href="#">
                            <i class="fa fa-bars"></i>
                        </a>
                        <ul class="mobile-menu mobile-menu-closed" id="main-menu">
                          <li class="selected"><a href="#personal-profile">Personal Profile</a></li>
                             <li><a href="#skills">Skills</a></li>
                             <li><a href="#work-experience">Work Experience</a></li>
                             <li><a href="#education">Education</a></li>
                             <li><a href="#portfolio">Portfolio</a></li>
                             <li><a href="#contact">Contact</a></li>
                          </ul>

css:

#navigation
{
    height: 3.4em;
    width: 100%;
    padding: 0;
    margin: 0 0 2em 0;
    border-top: 1px solid #AC5104;
    border-bottom: 1px solid #AC5104;
}

#main-nav,
.mobile-menu
{
    width: 8.4em;
    padding: 0;
    list-style-type: none;
}

.selected
{

}

#main-menu li
{
    width: 8.4em;
    margin: 0 0 0 0;
    padding: 0;
    background-color: #fff;
}

#main-menu li a
{
    background: #fff;   
}


/* Mobile */
#mobile-nav-trigger
{
    position: absolute;
    margin: -1.6em 0 0 6.6em;
    font-size: 2rem;
    padding: 0.2em;
    border: 1px solid #0f0d0d;
}

.mobile-menu
{
    position: absolute;
    margin: 0.1em 0 0 7.3em;
    text-align: center;
    border: 1px solid #0f0d0d;
    z-index: 2; 
}

.mobile-menu-closed
{
    display: none;
}

/*****************************************************************
                    NAVIGATION ACHORS STYLES
******************************************************************/
a,
a:link {color: #0f0d0d;}
a:visited {color: #867e31;}
a:hover {background: #ac5104; color: #0f0d0d;}
.mobile-menu:hover {background: #ac5104; color: #0f0d0d;}
.mobile-menu li:hover {background: #ac5104; color: #0f0d0d;}
.mobile-menu li a:hover {background: #ac5104;}
.back-to-top {margin-left: 12.6em; color: #0f0d0d;}
thomascawthorn
thomascawthorn
22,986 Points
thomascawthorn
thomascawthorn
22,986 Points

Try declaring a :link, :visisted and:hover for .mobile-menu.

I notice you've left out :link and :visited - you've only declared them on 'a'

Jonny Strange
Jonny Strange
6,412 Points
Jonny Strange
Jonny Strange
6,412 Points

I've tied that but it still isn't working. Any more ideas??