When user hovers on an element change properties of another element - html

Question

.social-buttons ul li .fab:hover{
font-size: 30px;
}
.social-buttons{
position: absolute;
top: 100px;
left: 20px;
}
.social-buttons ul{
list-style: none;
}
.social-buttons ul li{
position: relative;
height: 50px;
width: 50px;
background-color: white;
border-radius: 10px;
margin: 10px 0px;
box-shadow: 0 0 10px rgba(0,0,0,0.3);
}
.social-buttons ul li .fab{
position: absolute;
top: 50%;
left: 50%;
transform: translate(-50%,-50%);
font-size: 25px;
}
.social-buttons ul li .fab:hover{
font-size: 30px;
}
<script src="https://kit.fontawesome.com/fc692f1356.js" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
<div class="social-buttons">
<ul>
<a href="#">
<li>
<i class="fab fa-instagram"></i>
</li>
</a>
<a href="#">
<li>
<i class="fab fa-pinterest"></i>
</li>
</a>
<a href="#">
<li>
<i class="fab fa-facebook-f"></i>
</li>
</a>
<a href="#">
<li>
<i class="fab fa-youtube"></i>
</li>
</a>
</ul>
I wrote the above code. It only increases the font size when hovering on only icons.
In the above fiddle . I want to change the font size(icon size) of .fab(icons) when the user hovers on .social-buttons ul li(the box covering the social media icons)

Answer 1

Replace .social-buttons ul li .fab:hover{ with .social-buttons ul li:hover .fab{.
Please note that your HTML is currently invalid. You have useless a tags wrapping your list items. Remove those, they're not allowed at that point. ul can only have li children. If you want the link-like mouse cursor, just add cursor: pointer; on the li.
.social-buttons {
position: absolute;
top: 100px;
left: 20px;
}
.social-buttons ul {
list-style: none;
}
.social-buttons ul li {
position: relative;
height: 50px;
width: 50px;
background-color: white;
border-radius: 10px;
margin: 10px 0px;
box-shadow: 0 0 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);
cursor: pointer;
}
.social-buttons ul li .fab {
position: absolute;
top: 50%;
left: 50%;
transform: translate(-50%, -50%);
font-size: 25px;
}
.social-buttons ul li:hover .fab {
font-size: 30px;
}
<script src="https://kit.fontawesome.com/fc692f1356.js" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
<div class="social-buttons">
<ul>
<li>
<i class="fab fa-instagram"></i>
</li>
<li>
<i class="fab fa-pinterest"></i>
</li>
<li>
<i class="fab fa-facebook-f"></i>
</li>
<li>
<i class="fab fa-youtube"></i>
</li>
</ul>
</div>