CSS, the Cascade

Creating Pseudo-Class Styles

Here is a pseudo-class that will cause certain styles to take effect whenever a cursor hovers over an element:

:hover { styles; }

Let's attached it to the anchor element. So, whenever a cursor hovers over an anchor in our document, the :hover styles should take effect.

a:hover { styles; }

Focus on the construction

See that the pseudo-class is formed with a colon:

a:hover