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Asked: 2026-05-24T16:48:20+00:00

I’m under the impression that changing an anchor tag on hover can be done

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I’m under the impression that changing an anchor tag on hover can be done like this:

a:hover {background: #FFDD00;}
a:hover {color: #AAAAAA;}

Correct me if I’m wrong.

Now, for some convoluted reason, I can’t put that code in a style sheet, I have to put it in the actual HTML. How would I do that?

<a href="..." style="___???___">...</a>
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  1. Editorial Team

    There’s no way to do that.

    Inline CSS can’t touch pseudo-classes such as :hover.

    I’m guessing the reason you want to do this is because you can only edit the <body> of the HTML (for whatever reason). What you can do is add a style element:

    <style>
a:hover {
    background: #FFDD00;
    color: #AAAAAA;
}
</style>

<a href="#">...</a>

    Having a style element outside the <head> is not valid HTML, but (crucially) it does work in all browsers.

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