Target pseudo class using jQuery - javascript

I have the following two styles in a stylesheet that I do not have access to:
a:link {
font-size: 150%;
}
a:hover {
font-size: 150%;
}
Using jQuery, how can I change the font-size here to 100% for both a:link and a:hover.

#Phil is correct in his comment above, a rule can be added directly. A <style/> element can be appended at runtime to <head/> which will trigger a page re-render (?) and the new styles will be applied! From the fiddle:
$('head').append('<style type="text/css">a:hover{color:red !important;}</style>');
For some reason the head selector doesn't look right to me but hey, it works! Hover over the link in 5 seconds time (for argument's sake) and it'll be styled.

Assuming you want it by jQuery only you can use the following code (just make sure you write this script after you have imported the above css from remote file)
$(document).ready(function(){
$('a').on('hover',function(){
$(this).css({'font-size':'100%'});
}).css({'font-size':'100%'});
});​
Although you can also do it by adding a simple style to your page and appending !important to the rules
<style type="text/css">
a:link {
font-size: 100% !important;
}
a:hover {
font-size: 100% !important;
}
</style>
JSFiddle Example

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Can I make an element inherit the properties of other elements?

We're providing a pre-populated WordPress site for multiple members to use on their servers. The theme has a selector where they can customize their heading colours and fonts. Each member will have different colours based on their branding.
The site also includes a knowledgebase plugin and it uses its own colours which can be customized within its interface. Instead, we'd like to be able to set the knowedgebase colours/properties based on the theme's colour palette. (Ultimately, we'd like the member to only have to change the colors for the theme in one place rather than customize every single plugin.)
So, if H1 is globally set to blue, we'd like to be able to tell the knowledgebase's element (.kb-header) to be the same colour as H1.
Is this at all doable via CSS or Javascript or something?
Many thanks!
You can make an element to inherit the properties of a parent element. For example:
p { color: red; }
a { color: inherit; }
<p>Paragraph with link</p>
But definitely this won't work for what you're asking if your .kb-header is not a child of your h1.
Instead you could use different approaches to get the desired result. For example with custom properties (a.k.a CSS variables)
:root {
--user-color: red;
}
h1 {
color: var(--user-color);
}
.kb-header {
color: var(--user-color);
}
<h1>Title</h1>
<header class="kb-header">This is the header</header>
This way you could, for example, output your :root selector defining all your custom properties in your <head> tag using PHP. And your CSS would be totally independent from it.
If you want to inherit (Object Oriented Programing like) if the html tags doesn't have any relationship, you can use SCSS, for example SASS, it's a text pre processor that generates the CSS with a CSS-like coding with the addition that you can use variables and much more.
For more details visit SASS lang webpage i think this can help you a lot for mostly all your projects.
If you don't want to use SASS, you can even use javascript (with or without libraries) to reach this job, as plain CSS is not capable to conditionally apply styles between non-related tags.
I've written a miniature version of what you're looking for. Hope this helps :P
<html>
<style>
h1 {
background-color: blue;
}
</style>
<body>
<h1>Hey!</h1>
<div class="kb-header">I'm a div :)</div>
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.2.1.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function() {
var bgColor = $("h1").css("background-color");
$(".kb-header").css({"background-color": bgColor});
});
</script>
<body>
</html>
In CSS you can combine selectors with a comma and have a single block of rules for both:
.a, .b { property: value; }.
And still style one or another selector with other declarations (example below).
When selectors are unrelated, it causes maintenance problems but if it's generated by a theme generator, that should be OK (you don't want to style those given components but have a clear documented list of what has to be styled with a set of colors).
h1,
.kb-header {
color: darkred;
}
h1 {
font-size: 2rem;
}
#media (min-width: 961px) {
.kb-header {
border: 1px solid tomato;
}
<h1>Title</h1>
<p>Unstyled paragraph</p>
<header class="kb-header">This is the header</header>
You can also add a utility class to all elements that are to be styled with a border, a background color and a color:
/* Theme 1
Primary color: #0055D0
Secondary color: #080;
*/
.c-primary {
color: #0055D0;
}
.bd-secondary {
border: 1px solid #080;
}
/* Common styles */
h1 {
font-size: 2rem;
}
.kb-header {
padding: 1rem;
}
<h1 class="c-primary">Title</h1>
<header class="kb-header bd-secondary c-primary">This is the header</header>
Other answers talking about a Sass environment (or other preprocessors like PostCSS and LESS) and CSS "Variables" (if you don't have to support old browsers like IE11 and Edge ~15 + Saf (iOS and OS X) 9.2 https://caniuse.com/#search=custom%20prop are also fine solutions to your problem IMHO.

Change background color via a checkbox when checked with Jquery

I'm trying to change the background color of a div with a checkbox in it. I've made this for reference. I'm trying to replace the parent <div> with the 'highlight' <div>, so I thought the toggle <div> would work. When the checkbox is deselected, I would like the background color to go back to normal (or remove the 'highlight' <div>). Any help is appreciated.
You are setting an inline background-color style for the divs. This takes precedence over any properties you set via a CSS rule.
Add !important to the background-color value of the checked class in your css file, like so: http://jsfiddle.net/KtsGs/1/
There are a few issues present in the jsFiddle.
The first one is that, despite having written jQuery code, you haven't selected jQuery as the framework on the left hand side. That's a small issue specific to the code on jsFiddle, and easily fixed, though.
The second issue is that you have inline styles on the <div> elements, including a background-color. That inline style will be used in preference to any background-color specified using a CSS class (unless it's specified as being !important), so even when your code correctly adds the checked class to the element, the background colour isn't going to change.
The simplest solution is to simply change your CSS declaration:
.checked {
background-color: #ff0000 !important;
}
Here is an updated version of your jsFiddle with the working functionality (using the suggestion above).
However, I'd suggest you instead move the inline styles and JavaScript event handlers to their own CSS declarations, so you don't have to specify !important. That would require the following changes:
#holder > div {
clear: both;
padding: 0.5%;
margin-bottom: 1px;
border-bottom: 1px solid #eee;
float: left;
width: 96%;
style: height: 16px;
cursor: pointer;
background-color: white; // added this to the existing CSS
}
#holder > div:hover { // this is new
background-color: #fafafa;
}
Then move the CSS declaration for .checked below those, so that it takes precedence for the background-color property.
Here is another updated version of your jsFiddle, using the CSS declarations instead.

Can I prevent a CSS style to be overwritten?

I'd like to apply a CSS to some linkbuttons on page load but one of them <a id="lb1">logoff</a> must keep its style, no hover nor other event must change its style.
The linkbuttons have no class and the css applied to all of them is done to tags, this way:
a
{
//style
}
a:hover
{
// style
}
Is it possible?
No, you can't.
You can use more specific selectors (or even inline CSS with the style attribute) so that they are less likely to be overridden accidentally.
You can use the (eugh) sledgehammer of !important so they will only be overridden by another !important rule.
There is no way to prevent them being overridden though.
Please please please please please avoid using !important whenever possible. You will run into SO many annoying problems and issues from using this. I consider it a very lazy hack.
What you want to do is append a class to the link that you don't want overwritten. Classes are given a higher priority than general selectors (such a, p, b). So if you append this class to the link, the CSS will override the default CSS you have set for a.
CSS:
a {
color: red;
}
a:hover {
color: blue;
}
.derp:hover { /*you can add everything you want to preserve here, essentially make it the same as the link css. you can also change it to #lbl:hover, although there's no good reason to be using an ID as a CSS selector*/
color: red;
}
HTML:
this will turn blue on hover
<a class="derp" href="#">this will stay red on hover</a>
Here's a fiddle to show you. The second link has a class appended that preserves the original style: http://jsfiddle.net/p6QWq/
Why not add a class to all the link buttons you want to change, and not add it to the one you don't want to change.
Then you can call:
$(".myClass").css("backgound-color", "blue");
This would change the background color for every element with a class of myClass to a blue background.
Or you could add a whole new class to the link buttons that have a class of myClass:
$(".myClass").addClass("myExtraClass");
This would then make the class attribute of your link button class="myclass myExtraClass"
Seeing your code posted makes it a little more clear on what you want to do. Try this:
a {
text-decoration: none;
color: orange;
}
a:hover {
text-decoration: underline;
color: blue;
}
This would apply a default style to all <a> elements. Now you could overwrite this default style by providing a specific style for the anchor with the id you gave above:
#lb1 {
color: black;
text-decoration: none;
}
#lb1:hover {
color: black;
text-decoration: none;
}
I mocked this up in a quick and dirty jsFiddle. See if this gives you the desired result. IDs take precedence over classes and default element styling. So if you have one that you want to keep the same, apply and ID and style the particular element accordingly. This would also help you by preventing you from having to apply a class to several elements. It's less coding to apply one ID than to apply twelve classes. (Just an exaggerated example. I don't know how many links you have.)
Hope this helps.
css is cascading by definition, so any style you apply to a tags will apply to this specific one, except if you overwrite it.
You'll have to either assign a class to all the other buttons or overwrite all the default properties for this specific button.
Also, do not forget the pseudo-classes :visited and :active.
You should use !important in your css like :
a {
/* style */
background: #FFF !important;
}
a:hover {
/* style */
background: #FFF !important;
}
You could always overwrite your css by simply creating another stylesheet and place it at the END of your stylesheet links in the head of your html.
<head>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="location/location/first_stylesheet.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="location/location/revised_stylesheet.css">
</head>
This is not the most productive method of overwriting your css however; one would be well advised to eliminate the necessity for this separate stylesheet by simply appending elements with a class attribute. The class attr will allow you to modify basic html elements, tags and overlay a final layer to "rule them all". Enjoy!

JQuery autocomplete result style

I'm trying to change the style from my AutoComplete result.
I tried:
// Only change the inputs
$('.ui-autocomplete-input').css('fontSize', '10px');
$('.ui-autocomplete-input').css('width','300px');
I searches and could not find out what the class used by the result is, so that I can change its font size and maybe its width.
Thanks.
Using:
jQuery-UI AutoComplete
EDIT: I need change the css from my result, that comes from my JSON, not from the input. The code you posted, only changes the input, not the result. This is why I asked for the class used by the result list (at least, I believe that is a list). I tried to use fb from ff and could not find it. Thanks again for your patience.
EDIT2: I'll use the autocomplete from jQuery UI as example.
Check this to see the jQuery-UI auto-complete page
After I type "Ja" in the textbox from the front-page sample, Java and JavaScript will appear as Results, in the little box below the textbox.
This little box is what I want to change the CSS of. My code in the sample above only changes my textbox CSS (which I don't need at all).
I don't know if I'm being clear now. I hope so, but if not, please let me know; I'll try harder if needed to show my problem.
The class for the UL that will contain the result items is what I need.
SOLUTION
As Zikes said in his comment on the accepted answer, here is the solution. You just need to put ul.ui-autocomplete.ui-menu{width:300px} in your CSS file.
This will make all the the results box css have width:300px (like the sample).
I forgot that the results object does not exist on page load, and therefor would not be found and targetted by a call to $('...').css(). You'll actually need to put ul.ui-autocomplete.ui-menu{width:300px} in your CSS file, so that it will take effect when the results are generated and inserted into the page.
– Zikes
Information on styling the Autocomplete widget can be found here: http://docs.jquery.com/UI/Autocomplete#theming
Fiddle
HTML
<input type="text" id="auto">
jQuery
$('#auto').autocomplete({'source':
['abc','abd','abe','abf','jkl','mno','pqr','stu','vwx','yz']
});
CSS
ul.ui-autocomplete.ui-menu{width:400px}
/*
targets the first result's <a> element,
remove the a at the end to target the li itself
*/
ul.ui-autocomplete.ui-menu li:first-child a{
color:blue;
}
I was able to adjust by adding this css to the <head> of the document (above the autocomplete javascript).
Some of the following may be more relevant than others. You could make it specific to the autocomplete input if changing these affects other elements you don't want affected.
<style type="text/css">
/* http://docs.jquery.com/UI/Autocomplete#theming*/
.ui-autocomplete { position: absolute; cursor: default; background:#CCC }
/* workarounds */
html .ui-autocomplete { width:1px; } /* without this, the menu expands to 100% in IE6 */
.ui-menu {
list-style:none;
padding: 2px;
margin: 0;
display:block;
float: left;
}
.ui-menu .ui-menu {
margin-top: -3px;
}
.ui-menu .ui-menu-item {
margin:0;
padding: 0;
zoom: 1;
float: left;
clear: left;
width: 100%;
}
.ui-menu .ui-menu-item a {
text-decoration:none;
display:block;
padding:.2em .4em;
line-height:1.5;
zoom:1;
}
.ui-menu .ui-menu-item a.ui-state-hover,
.ui-menu .ui-menu-item a.ui-state-active {
font-weight: normal;
margin: -1px;
}
</style>
If you are using the official jQuery ui autocomplete (i'm on 1.8.16) and would like to define the width manually, you can do so.
If you're using the minified version (if not then find manually by matching _resizeMenu), find...
_resizeMenu:function(){var a=this.menu.element;a.outerWidth(Math.max(a.width("").outerWidth(),this.element.outerWidth()))}
...and replace it with (add this.options.width|| before Math.max) ...
_resizeMenu:function(){var a=this.menu.element;a.outerWidth(this.options.width||Math.max(a.width("").outerWidth(),this.element.outerWidth()))}
... you can now include a width value into the .autocomplete({width:200}) function and jQuery will honour it. If not, it will default to calculating it.
Just so you know you have two options for optimizing your code:
Instead of this:
$('.ui-autocomplete-input').css('fontSize', '10px');
$('.ui-autocomplete-input').css('width','300px');
You can do this:
$('.ui-autocomplete-input').css('fontSize', '10px').css('width','300px');
Or even better you should do this:
$('.ui-autocomplete-input').css({fontSize: '10px', width: '300px'});

Applying css with javascript overrides hover link style?

I have some JavaScript which is changing an image correctly but once it has been called, my a:hover CSS code no longer works.
Looking with firebug the following JavaScript creates this css rule:
element.style {
background-image:url(/content/images/side_partnershipsOver.png);
}
document.getElementById('partnerships').style.backgroundImage = "url(/content/images/side_partnershipsOver.png)";
How can I apply the JavaScript and not have the a:hover code overriden by the element.style rule?
As far as I know setting the element.style.backgroundImage is essentially the same as using an inline style.
<style type="text/css">
a { background: blue; }
a:hover { background:green; }
</style>
<a href="#" style="background:red;">link<a>
Unfortunately the inline style always wins. In the above sample the link will always be red. As Daniel White said jQuery would be very useful here. Although you may be able to get around this issue in two ways.
One, Generate the style using javascript to write a style tag
document.write("<style type='text/css'>#partnerships { background-image:url(/content/images/side_partnershipsOver.png);}</style>");
or two, Manually setup mouseenter/mouseleave events to handle your hover style
Update
or three, as pointed out by KevinUK, use the !important css tag to override the inline style set.
<style type="text/css">
a { background: blue; }
a:hover { background:green !important; }
</style>
<a href="#" style="background:red;">link<a>
I was also frustrated about this CSS js style gap so I build
methods to apply style from js with a CSS string
elm.jCSS(cssText);elm.jCSSPseudo(cssText,pseudoElt)

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