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JavaScript - hover effect without CSS :hover pseudo-class

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In this article, we would like to show you how to create the hover effect without CSS :hover pseudo-class using JavaScript.

Quick solution:

<style>

    .hover {
        background: orange;
    }

</style>

<div onmouseover="this.className='hover';" onmouseout="this.className='';">Hover me</div>

 

Practical example

In this section, we present a full example of how to create the hover effect without using the :hover pseudo-class.

// ONLINE-RUNNER:browser;

<!doctype html>
<html>
<head>
  <style>

    div {
        height: 100px;
        width: 100px;
        border: 1px solid black;
    }

    .hover {
        background: orange;
    }

  </style>
</head>
<body>
  <div onmouseover="this.className='hover';" onmouseout="this.className='';">Hover me</div>
</body>
</html>

 

References

  1. Element: mouseover event - Web APIs | MDN
  2. Element: mouseout event - Web APIs | MDN
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