Can I disable a CSS :hover effect via JavaScript?
Solution 1:
There isn’t a pure JavaScript generic solution, I’m afraid. JavaScript isn’t able to turn off the CSS :hover state itself.
You could try the following alternative workaround though. If you don’t mind mucking about in your HTML and CSS a little bit, it saves you having to reset every CSS property manually via JavaScript.
HTML
<body class="nojQuery">
CSS
/* Limit the hover styles in your CSS so that they only apply when the nojQuery
class is present */
body.nojQuery ul#mainFilter a:hover {
/* CSS-only hover styles go here */
}
JavaScript
// When jQuery kicks in, remove the nojQuery class from the <body> element, thus
// making the CSS hover styles disappear.
$(function(){}
$('body').removeClass('nojQuery');
)
Solution 2:
Use a second class that has only the hover assigned:
HTML
<a class="myclass myclass_hover" href="#">My anchor</a>
CSS
.myclass {
/* all anchor styles */
}
.myclass_hover:hover {
/* example color */
color:#00A;
}
Now you can use Jquery to remove the class, for instance if the element has been clicked:
JQUERY
$('.myclass').click( function(e) {
e.preventDefault();
$(this).removeClass('myclass_hover');
});
Hope this answer is helpful.
Solution 3:
You can manipulate the stylesheets and stylesheet rules themselves with javascript
var sheetCount = document.styleSheets.length;
var lastSheet = document.styleSheets[sheetCount-1];
var ruleCount;
if (lastSheet.cssRules) { // Firefox uses 'cssRules'
ruleCount = lastSheet.cssRules.length;
}
else if (lastSheet.rules) { / /IE uses 'rules'
ruleCount = lastSheet.rules.length;
}
var newRule = "a:hover { text-decoration: none !important; color: #000 !important; }";
// insert as the last rule in the last sheet so it
// overrides (not overwrites) previous definitions
lastSheet.insertRule(newRule, ruleCount);
Making the attributes !important and making this the very last CSS definition should override any previous definition, unless one is more specifically targeted. You may have to insert more rules in that case.
Solution 4:
This is similar to aSeptik's answer, but what about this approach? Wrap the CSS code which you want to disable using JavaScript in <noscript> tags. That way if javaScript is off, the CSS :hover will be used, otherwise the JavaScript effect will be used.
Example:
<noscript>
<style type="text/css">
ul#mainFilter a:hover {
/* some CSS attributes here */
}
</style>
</noscript>
<script type="text/javascript">
$("ul#mainFilter a").hover(
function(o){ /* ...do your stuff... */ },
function(o){ /* ...do your stuff... */ });
</script>
Solution 5:
I used the not() CSS operator and jQuery's addClass() function. Here is an example, when you click on a list item, it won't hover anymore:
For example:
HTML
<ul class="vegies">
<li>Onion</li>
<li>Potato</li>
<li>Lettuce</li>
<ul>
CSS
.vegies li:not(.no-hover):hover { color: blue; }
jQuery
$('.vegies li').click( function(){
$(this).addClass('no-hover');
});