I’m trying to prevent the browser from using the :hover effect of the CSS, via JavaScript.
I have set the a and a:hover styles in my CSS, because I want a hover effect, if JS isn’t available. But if JS is available, I want to overwrite my CSS hover effect with a smoother one (using the jQuery color plugin for example.)
I tried this:
$("ul#mainFilter a").hover(
function(e){ e.preventDefault(); ...do my stuff... },
function(e){ e.preventDefault(); ...do my stuff... });
I also tried it with return false;, but it does not work.
Here is an example of my problem: http://jsfiddle.net/4rEzz/. The link should just fade without getting gray.
As mentioned by fudgey, a workaround would be to reset the hover styles using .css() but I would have to overwrite every single property, specified in the CSS (see here: http://jsfiddle.net/raPeX/1/ ). I am looking for a generic solution.
Does anyone know how to do this?
PS: I do not want to overwrite every style i have set for the hover.
There isn’t a pure JavaScript generic solution, I’m afraid. JavaScript isn’t able to turn off the CSS :hover state itself.
You could try the following alternative workaround though. If you don’t mind mucking about in your HTML and CSS a little bit, it saves you having to reset every CSS property manually via JavaScript.
<body class="nojQuery">
/* Limit the hover styles in your CSS so that they only apply when the nojQuery
class is present */
body.nojQuery ul#mainFilter a:hover {
/* CSS-only hover styles go here */
}
// When jQuery kicks in, remove the nojQuery class from the <body> element, thus
// making the CSS hover styles disappear.
$(function(){}
$('body').removeClass('nojQuery');
)