# CSS :hover Selector

## Example

Select and style a link when you mouse over it:

a:hover {
background-color: yellow;
}
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More "Try it Yourself" examples below.

## Definition and Usage

The :hover selector is used to select elements when you mouse over them.

Tip: The :hover selector can be used on all elements, not only on links.

Tip: Use the :link selector to style links to unvisited pages, the :visited selector to style links to visited pages, and the :active selector to style the active link.

Note: :hover MUST come after :link and :visited (if they are present) in the CSS definition, in order to be effective!

Version: | CSS1

## Browser Support

The numbers in the table specifies the first browser version that fully supports the selector.

Selector |  |  |  |  |
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
:hover | 4.0 | 7.0 | 2.0 | 3.1 | 9.6

Note: In IE there must be declared a <!DOCTYPE> for the :hover selector to work on other elements than the <a> element.

## CSS Syntax

:hover {
css declarations;
} Demo

## More Examples

## Example

Select and style a <p>, <h1> and <a> element when you mouse over it:

p:hover, h1:hover, a:hover {
background-color: yellow;
}
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## Example

Select and style unvisited, visited, hover, and active links:

/* unvisited link */
a:link {
color: green;
}
/* visited link */
a:visited {
color: green;
}
/* mouse over link */
a:hover {
color: red;
}
/* selected link */
a:active {
color: yellow;
}
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## Example

Style links with different styles:

a.ex1:hover, a.ex1:active {
color: red;
}
a.ex2:hover, a.ex2:active {
font-size: 150%;
}
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CSS tutorial: CSS Links

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