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General Discussion CSS Foundations Values and Units Color Values

Andrew Hoskins
Andrew Hoskins
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Posted by Andrew Hoskins
Andrew Hoskins
4,888 Points

<l>i and <a> hover issues

I would like to have both my <li> and the embedded <a> both change at the same time when any portion of the <li> area is hovered upon. Currently, I get only get both if I hover over the <a> link and not when I am just hovering over the <li> area. Each time I add the <a:hover> to the CSS, it treats the link as its own separate CSS section, independent of the <li:hover>

          <ul>
            <li><a href="atty-index.html">Home</a></li>
            <li><a href="company.html">Our Company</a></li>
            <li><a href="services.html">Our Services</a></li>
            <li><a href="employment.html">Employment</a></li>
          </ul>
        </nav>```

and here is what I have for the corresponding CSS:

nav {
    clear: both;
    background-image: url("../images/metal.jpg");
    width: 100%;
    box-shadow: 0px 4px 3px;
    margin-bottom: 20px;
    border-top: 2px solid darkgray;
    display: block;
}

nav li {
    display: inline-block;
    width: 9em;
    text-align: center;
    margin: -1em 1% 1em -1%;
    border: 2px groove;
}

nav a {
    color: #4f0919;
    font-family: Noto, serif;
    font-weight: bold;
    font-size: 1.1em;
    line-height: 1.5em;
}

nav li:hover  {
    background-image: url("../images/gray.jpg");
    border: 2px inset gray;
    border-top:  2px inset white;
    border-left: none;
}