Show and hide arrows in header fader?

jarv · 02-10-2013, 12:22 PM

Hi,

I was wondering how to go about hiding my left and right arrows on my header image until mouse hover over then show?
Please help?

thanks

http://www.jbiddulph.com/mrh/home.html

Philip M · 02-10-2013, 12:59 PM

The > and < arrows do not seem to do anything in IE9.
But it does not seem a good idea to hide anything to do with navigation until the user (fortuitously) mouses over it.

If you insist you can use CSS.

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jarv · 02-10-2013, 04:41 PM

Anyone know of any ways to do this?

Philip M · 02-10-2013, 05:14 PM

As I say, post this request in the CSS forum.

It is simple using the CSS hover selector. IE7+ supports the :hover pseudo-class on arbitrary Elements as do FF, GC and Opera.

But I still question whether it is a good idea.

VIPStephan · 02-10-2013, 05:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Philip M

But I still question whether it is a good idea.

Well, I think it’s not that crucial that it would hurt too much. Also, the visitor is most likely crossing the area with their mouse anyway so they will notice. It is only not obvious if you are on a touch-enabled device.

But anyway, would this work?

Code:

#banneroverlay > a {display: none;}
#banneroverlay:hover > a {display: block;}

Philip M · 02-10-2013, 05:35 PM

You can't hover over an element which does not exist (not displayed).
You could do something like this:-

Code:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<head>

<style type = "text/css">
.mydiv  {display: none;}
a:hover + .mydiv {display: block;}
</style>

</head>
<body>

<a>Hover over me!</a>
<div class = "mydiv">Stuff shown on hover</div>

</body>

</html>

You could do instead of some text
<a>&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp></a>

jarv · 02-10-2013, 07:29 PM

thank you very much!

I tried what VIP Stephen suggested and it worked!