On a CSS hover event, can I change another div's styling? [duplicate]

Answer 1

This can not be done purely with css. This is a behaviour, which affects the styling of the page.

With jquery you can quickly implement the behavior from your question:

$(function() {
  $('#a').hover(function() {
    $('#b').css('background-color', 'yellow');
  }, function() {
    // on mouseout, reset the background colour
    $('#b').css('background-color', '');
  });
});