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<title>:hover pseudo-class on links</title>
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p { color: navy; }
.a a:hover { background: green; color: white; }
.b a:hover { background: red; color: yellow; }
.b a:link { background: green; color: white; }
.c :link { background: green; color: white; }
.c :visited:hover { background: red; color: yellow; }
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<link rel="author" title="Ian Hickson" href="mailto:ian@hixie.ch">
<link rel="help" href="https://www.w3.org/TR/css3-selectors/#selectors">
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<p class="a">The background color of <a href="#foo">this anchor (<strong>here</strong>)</a> should turn to green when the pointing device hovers over it.</p>
<p class="b">The background color of <a href="#foo">this anchor (<strong>here</strong>)</a> should <strong>remain green when you hover it</strong>.</p>
<p class="c">The background color of <a href="http://link.example.com/">this anchor (<strong>here</strong>)</a> should <strong>remain green when the pointing device hovers over it</strong> (do not follow that link).</p>
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