target multiple html properties with css:hover - html

I'm trying to use the css hover, and I have it working on a div by doing:
#complete-paper:hover{
background:url('/static/images/blue-aarow.jpg') no-repeat;
background-position:192px 35px;
background-color:#17aedf;
color:#ffffff;
}
my question is, is there a way to target another html element, like a totally unrelated div, when I hover over the property with the ID of complete-paper? So when you hover over the div with complete-paper, it'll do the above hover css changes, as well as change another div on the page?
Thanks
Edit: The question I had is if it's possible if the div's are unrelated. But in this case they are related, It's actually a p inside a div when you hover over the div, I want the p to also change

Not unless the other div is nested in #compete-paper where the css would look like:
#complete-paper:hover{
background:url('/static/images/blue-aarow.jpg') no-repeat;
background-position:192px 35px;
background-color:#17aedf;
color:#ffffff;
}
#complete-paper:hover .other-div{
/* different css */
}

Not unless the other div is a descendant or sibling of the hovered element.

Since you said it's a descendant, then do it like this:
#complete-paper:hover #decendant_id {
// stuff
}

While the actual HTML elements in the file must be either nested or contained in a single element to be valid ':hover' targets to each other, the css 'position' attribute can be used to display any element where ever you want. I used position:fixed to place the target of my ':hover' action where I wanted it on the user's screen regardless to its location in the HTML document.
So the element is where the browser wants it in the code, and where the user wants it on the screen.
See detailed post->

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Can't identify CSS or element controlling background color

I'm having trouble changing the background color of a certain button on a WordPress plugin.
The button and text are set to white and I'm trying to identify the CSS file that controls it, unfortunately I've had no luck within the inspect element of my browser.
It is incorporated in a popup form - so multiple other files come into play.
I changed the color within the browser during inspect but need a fix.
You can overwrite CSS attributes by setting !important after your definition or by defining the scope better (e.g. by writing body or html before the class selector).
make sure your css file is able to "access" the dom element – if the element is in an iframe the css wont work.
body .wpforms-page-button {
background-color: green !important;
}
Using !important is generally considered hacky. Both rules in your screenshot have the same CSS specificity in that they are both firing on input[type="submit"] and .button.
Without seeing the corresponding HTML I can't give you the exact syntax, but something like
.parentclassname input[type='submit'] and or .parentclassname .button should make your style more specific than the original rule and therefore give it precedence.
Did you try to set !important after the #fff; ?
like this:
input[type=submit] {
background-color: #fff!important;
}
the best way is to define the button in a class, so you can change only the color for this specific button. Otherwise it will changes all the buttons to color #fff if you put the css in a general style.

iPhone/iPad background image on wrong element

I have an issue where, ocassionally, when I set a background image on an HTML element it displays a completely random image that is also set as a background image elsewhere on the page.
For example, I have a list item that has a background image "myimage-abc.jpg".
I also have a div with a background image of "myimage-123.jpg". Everything is as expected for most people however for some Apple users (of which my Managing Director is one) the image "myimage-123.jpg" shows up on the list item as well as the div.
Has anyone else had this issue before? Any ideas how to get around it?
Thanks
Use inspect element on the element with incorrect background image and see which CSS selectors are overriding the background image that you want to have.
Then report back with the CSS selectors responsible for styling the elements in here. Keep in mind that CSS selectors are very particular about the way in which you use them.
Until then here's something that could be causing your problem, without my knowing your current CSS state.
From an answer on another question:
I've dealt with this before and it's always a strange issue. So here are some thoughts and examples of CSS behavior.
In CSS we have a hierarchy decided both on how you select an element and on its position within your stylesheet. Take for example the following CSS selectors:
body .test-parent .test-child {
color: red;
}
body .test-parent .test-child {
color: blue;
}
The result in this case would return color: blue; as the final style as it is the last read declaration for that elements color value.
However if we declare the following:
body .test-parent-two .test-child-two {
color: red;
}
body .test-child-two {
color: blue;
}
Then the final value is color: red;. This caught me off guard and it took me a while to notice the pattern and fix.
The problem here lies in the selectors. A more in-depth selector (longer / includes more in-between children) will override any others as can be seen by this JSFiddle.
Hope that also helps!

h1:hover is responding on the whole width, unable to link h1 and don't know how to target things individually

Sorry, probably not the best title ever. I'm having trouble with a few things in my code that I'm using to practice html/css.
h1:hover is responding whenever I hover my cursor over anything at the same height as the h1 heading.
I'm also having trouble linking it. See the code below.
<h1>Bing</h1>
I'd also like to know how to target specific things in the HTML code via CSS. For example if I import an image in HTML using IMG how would I edit just that image in CSS?
Thank you.
H1 is a block element, so it spans across total width of the page. To limit this effect, you must apply it a fixed width, or "display:inline-block;"
For the second question, the right code is:
<h1>Bing</h1>
First, h1 by default spans the entire width of the page. Try changing it to an inline-block element like so:
h1 {
display:inline-block;
}
Second, you need to put the a tag inside of your h1 tag and put the text inside of the a in order for it to function as a link.
<h1>Bing</h1>
Third, in order to target specific img elements, you can assign them a class or and id and target the desired one. For example:
HTML
<img id="myImage" src="whatever.jpg"/>
CSS
#myImage {
width: 250px;
}
Your anchor should be inside your h1, then you can apply any hover changes to the anchor:
HTML:
<h1>Bing</h1>
CSS:
h1 > a:hover {
color:#F00;
}

Replace HTML IMG with CSS IMG?

I'm reworking a site but only have permission to change the CSS. Most of the elements I need to change are properly tagged as id's or classes, but a few places have ids or classes listed inside an img tag.
I want to replace that image in the img tag using only css. Is there a way to do this? ie, hide the src img and have only my css referenced image visible?
sorry for such a late post, (almost a year, i know..), but i had the same exact problem Dreamling,
Some of the html used on our site is called up externally, so editing the html was not an option for me either. Here's how i solved the problem... Using only CSS.
Use Firebug if you have it.
Now look for the image you'd like to replace in the HTML. (firebug will show the id's and classes of the elements)
Your HTML should look something like this for it to work. (with an img src element inside a span element)
<span class="Dreamlings_ClassA Dreamlings_ClassB">
<img src="http://www.dreamlingsSite.com/dreamlingspic.png" alt="Dreamling's Pic">
<span>[This is just an extra span!] </span>
</span>
Now for the CSS :)
Call up the first element by class in the css. (use the last class name to be more specific in with editing [if you have multiple span elements with same first class name])
<span class="Dreamlings_ClassB">
should look something like this..
span.Dreamlings_ClassB {
background-image: url('../dreamlingsnewpic.png') !important;
}
and to hide that pesky image in the img src element..
span.Dreamlings_ClassA img {
display: none !important;
}
And thats it! :)
p.s. I was using the !important tags in my css to overwrite other external stylesheets..
but you don't have to use the tags if yours css will work without them. (you just have to be more specific in the css with id's and classes)
Hope this helped!
-tony
If your image tag is inside a container, anything that's a block, then use this:
<style>
#container {
background: url('image.png') no-repeat;
text-indent: -9999;
}
</style>
<div id="container">
<img src="image.png" alt="image to be replaced" />
</div>
As others said, it's really not good practice, but it works. Only tested in Chrome.
I want to replace that image in the img tag using only css.
Not that I know of, no. An image's src attribute can't be altered from CSS.
I also can't think of a workaround to do this, not even a terribly kludgy one. You can of course assign a background-image to the image element, but the actual image will always be in front of it,
You would have to have the original HTML altered in a way so the original button is a <button> element with a background-image property - that you can override using CSS.
Restricting access to the HTML but allowing access to edit CSS is odd practice. Both elements go hand in hand to produce the page.
Anyway, you could try removing or changing the name of "btn_next.png" so that it doesnt display when called from "src" and make the CSS the following:
#btn_next {
background: url('image.png') no-repeat;
display:block;
width:150px; /* for example */
height:30px; /* for example */
}
If that doesnt work, the only other way would be to hide the input button and replace the li row with a background image but then the button will cease to work. Unless you have access to an already included javascript file, then you can look at other solutions.

CSS: Vertical-Align text?

I am using the following HTML:
<p>← Back</p>
To create the following:
← Back
Problem is, the left arrow is not vertically aligned in the middle. It appears to be at the lower 3rd.
Question: how do I get the left arrow to be aligned vertically in the middle (of the letter "B") using CSS?
UPDATE:
Is it possible for me to vertically adjust/align this:
Without modifying my HTML, and
Without using an image?
The arrow is a simple character, so it's aligned like the others (it is in the "middle", the creator of the font wants it to be where it is... maybe that's the middle of lower-case character). Maybe it looks different using another font, maybe not. If you have a fixed font and that one looks messy, you could try to use the :first-letter selector (or wrap the arrow in a span or something) to move it up 1 or 2 px (position:relative: top:-2px;).
Another solution would be to use an image for this, like most websites do (and there are many free icon sets out there — my favourite is famfamfam)
You can wrap your arrow in SPAN tag and then play with line-height and vertical-align CSS properties.
Generally you should not do this, you should let it as the font was conceived by its author.
But it you want to change it you can do it like this:
<p><a href="http://www.example.com/">
<span style="position:relative;top:-3px;">←</span>
Back
</a></p>
Note: Use what you need instead of -3px, I used that just to illustrate how the position can be changed.
I think you have to use a image for the left arrow than &larr.
It IS possible to have the &larr in a separate span, have some specific padding to bring the arrow to the right position, or use a specific font that has the arrow at the center, but this will have side effects.
I suggest you use an image.
There are two possible answers to this.
The way you're writing it, this is not a graphical element (arrow) followed by a label ("Back"), but a line of text (inside a paragraph) containing a single character followed by a letter string. So alignment is a purely typographical problem and determined by the font you're choosing. Choose a different font and see if it's more typographically pleasing.
What you want is really not a line of text but two independently placeable graphical elements. Put each inside its own span, give it display: inline-block and position: relative and play with vertical paddings, margins and line-heights until you're satisfied.
You have some options:
1. Put the arrow between span tags before the word Back, add an id to this span object and then assign the style in the css file playing with: padding-top or bottom and also vertical-align or position relative.
2. The second option is using the image as background and then you have to create the style for this link:
li a#link,#link_conten{
background-image: url(../../../img/arrow.gif);
background-position: left top;
background-repeat: no-repeat;
}
In addition, it is not common (from the semantic point of view) to put just the link (tag a) inside a paragraph (tag p). Then you have to deal with the default css rules for tag a and p but of course depends of your design
You could use CSS generated content. This will mean editing your HTML - to remove the arrow. Essentially you're creating a pseudo-element that sits in front of the link, and you can style it however you like, e.g.
a.back:before {
content: "\2190 "; /* Unicode equivalent of ← */
display: inline-block;
padding: 5px;
background-color: aqua;
}
On the downside this won't work in IE 6 or 7. You might be able to work around that with some targeted javascript.
If you don't want to edit your HTML, you could give :first-letter a try. It only works on block-level elements, so you'll need to work accordingly, e.g.
a.back {
display: inline-block;
}
a.back:first-letter {
background-color: aqua;
padding: 5px;
}
I've had trouble getting this to display consistently cross-browser though. IE8 and FF3.6 do rather different things with the code.