April 29, 2012
global COLOR opacity hover overlay?
Question by whoa
I’m using the below for a global link opacity overlay.
a:hover {
text-decoration: none; opacity: 0.6; /* css standard */
filter: alpha(opacity=60); /* internet explorer */
} /* mouse over link */
How can I add color to this? Is this possible with CSS or am I looking at a JS / jQuery solution only?
Answer by trickeedickee
If you want the colour e.g. black to be on the background then your code will be
a:hover {text-decoration: none; opacity: 0.6; /* css standard */
filter: alpha(opacity=60); /* internet explorer */ /* mouse over link */ background: #000; }
and if you want the a tag to have a colour of eg black then your css will look like this
a:hover {text-decoration: none; opacity: 0.6; /* css standard */
filter: alpha(opacity=60); /* internet explorer */ /* mouse over link */ color: #000; }
for some reason you have an extra } in your code.
Answer by Starx
It seems you dont need opacity at all. The effect you are searching for is a tranparent background. Use rgba() with a rgb() fallback and define a transparent background instead.
a:hover {
text-decoration: none;
background: rgb(255,0,0) /* fallback */
background: rgba(255,0,0,0.6) /* red with 60% opactiy */
color: #000;
}
