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CSS

Cosimo Scarpa
Cosimo Scarpa
14,047 Points
Posted by Cosimo Scarpa
Cosimo Scarpa
14,047 Points

How manage the selection of a specific class in CSS or SASS

Hi there, I would like select a specific class or ID inside my code but I have some issue. Basically what I'm trying to do is this:

  • hover .bg1
  • change the color of #eye

This is the HTML code

<div class="main">
  <div id="A" class="bg1"></div>
    <div id="B"class="bg2"></div>
    <div id="C" class="bg3"></div>
    <div id="D" class="bg4"></div>
    <div class="container">
      <div id="eye"></div>
   </div>
</div>

I'm using SCSS in my project.

.bg4 {
  &:hover .container {
    #eye {
      background: red;
    }
  }
}
Charles Kenney
Charles Kenney
15,604 Points
Charles Kenney
Charles Kenney
15,604 Points

Cosimo,

What you're trying to do won't work because the class .bg4 is a sibling to .container. The code you have written selects a .container element which is a dependent of .bg4 (child) while the mouse is hovered over .bg4. This would only work if the container div was a child of .bg4.

1 Answer

Cosimo Scarpa
Cosimo Scarpa
14,047 Points
Cosimo Scarpa
Cosimo Scarpa
14,047 Points

Charles Kenney thank you for your answer. You are right but also for some reason I wasn't able to select .bg1 class. I mean the reason it was because the class has 'z-index: -1'. I also tried just to hover .bg1 to change the colour but without results.

By the way the correct code is

.bg1 {
  &:hover ~ .container #eye {
    background: red;
  }
}