How to write a:hover in inline CSS?

Question

I have a case where I must write inline CSS code, and I want to apply a hover style on an anchor.

How can I use a:hover in inline CSS inside the HTML st

Answer 1

My problem was that I'm building a website which uses a lot of image-icons that have to be swapped by a different image on hover (e.g. blue-ish images turn red-ish on hover). I produced the following solution for this:

.container div {
  width: 100px;
  height: 100px;
  background-size: 100px 100px;
}
.container:hover .withoutHover {
  display: none;
}
.container .withHover {
  display: none;
}
.container:hover .withHover {
  display: block;
}

Hover the image to see it switch with the other. Note that I deliberately used inline CSS because I decided it was the easiest and clearest solution for my problem that uses more of these image pairs (with different URL's).

I introduced a container containing the pair of images. The first is visible and the other is hidden (display:none). When hovering the container, the first becomes hidden (display:none) and the second shows up again (display:block).