:hover pseudo-class on links Ian Hickson CSS 3 Module W3C Selectors Next :active pseudo-class Previous :hover pseudo-class Test # 28 of 296 Testing :hover pseudo-class on links ID 18c Date 2004-02-29 Revision 1.0 User interaction is required for this test.

Hover here and the background of this text should go green.

 :link, :visited { color: navy; text-decoration: none; } :link:hover span { background-color : lime } <p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><a href="#foo">Hover <strong>here</strong> and the background of <span>this text should go green</span>.</a></p>