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# CSS Hover Selector
- URL: https://www.bramadams.dev/202301031121/
- Published: 2023-01-28T09:35:45.000Z
- Updated: 2023-01-28T09:35:45.000Z
- Author: Bram Adams
- Tags: programming

> Select and style a link when you mouse over it:  
> a:hover { background-color: yellow;} ([View Highlight](https://w3schools.com/cssref/sel%5Fhover.asp?%5F%5FreadwiseLocation=0%2F3%2F9%2F1%2F1%2F15%3A0%2C0%2F3%2F0%2F5%2F9%2F1%2F1%2F15%3A1&ref=bramadams.dev#:~:text=Select%20and%20style%20a%20link%2C%7B%20%0A%20%C2%A0%C2%A0background-color%3A%20yellow%3B%0A%20%7D))

As mobile internet usage goes up, the use of hover makes less sense with tapping instead of moving a pointer and clicking as a mode of traversing a web page. All hail the interaction observer, the new way of managing "attention" on a page

```css
a:hover { background-color: yellow; }

```