{"id":109,"date":"2024-10-28T04:34:22","date_gmt":"2024-10-28T04:34:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/techkubo.com\/css\/?p=109"},"modified":"2025-05-12T12:56:57","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T12:56:57","slug":"css-pseudo-classes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techkubo.com\/css\/css-pseudo-classes\/","title":{"rendered":"CSS Pseudo-classes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Pseudo-classes&nbsp;apply&nbsp;styles&nbsp;to&nbsp;elements&nbsp;based&nbsp;on&nbsp;their&nbsp;state&nbsp;or&nbsp;position&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;document&nbsp;tree.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">:<strong>Hover<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<code>:hover<\/code>&nbsp;pseudo-class&nbsp;applies&nbsp;styles&nbsp;when&nbsp;the&nbsp;user&nbsp;hovers&nbsp;over&nbsp;an&nbsp;element.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-codemirror-blocks-code-block code-block\"><pre class=\"CodeMirror\" 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