I have a text link that is underlined when hovered. I'm adding at the beginning of the link a >
symbol using the following code:
.box.blueb a { color: #0098aa; }
.box.blueb a:hover { text-decoration: underline; }
.box.blueb a:before { content: "> "; }
.box.blueb a:before:hover { text-decoration: none; }
But what I don't want the >
symbol underlined when the link is hovered. How do I achieve this?
http://jsfiddle.net/thirtydot/LmvgM/1/
You need to wrap a span
around the text inside the a
:
<div class="box blueb">
<a href="#"><span>Hello</span></a>
</div>
And then change your CSS to this:
.box.blueb a { color: #0098aa; text-decoration: none; }
.box.blueb a:hover > span { text-decoration: underline; }
.box.blueb a:before { content: "> "; }
.box.blueb a:before:hover { text-decoration: none; }
doesn't work because when you set text-decoration: underline
on an element (the a
), you can't then remove it on a descendant (:before
).