Why doesn't CSS hover work on table rows when the cells inside the rows have class names?

Question

I am stuck with this problem so any help would be appreciated. I have a table with several rows. Each cell within the row belongs to a certain class. I use these class names to

Answer 1

You probably need to use the !important designator to make sure that your hover style overrides the background defined int he class:

tr:hover { 
    background-color: #FFFFAF0 !important;
    color: #000 !important; 
} 

Interestingly, this won't work for IE6 because that browser only applies hover to a tags.

Answer 2

The CSS instructions within the classname takes precedence over the <tr> instructions.

To fix this, use td.summarypage-odd-column:hover, td.summarypage-even-column:hover inside your CSS.

Note: If you're using IE6, the :hover only works on links, i.e. a:hover.

Answer 3

never put space between

tr:hover(space)td

I was giving space hence it was working for me.

Answer 4

Try this:

tr:hover td {
  background-color: #FFFAF0; color: #000;
}

Place this after the existing td style declarations to be safe

Answer 5

I think the td background-color overwrites the tr background-color. The solution given by @Nick Craver is the good one.
You must change cells background-color not the row background-color.

tr:hover td {
   ...
}

Answer 6

This does not happen for me. Make sure that you're only adding/removing class names when checking if they have an impact, and make sure that the tds don't have their own background covering up that of the tr.