Help with a Hover effect

HTML & CSS
1

Good afternoon Chaps and Chap-asses,

I’m looking for some help to get a hover effect working. Basically, I want each “cell” in a table to display some information about the item in the cell when the end user hovers the mouse over the cell.

I have tried the a:hover but I cant seem to get it working, does anyone have any suggestions?

Here is what I have so far:

<html>
<head>
    <title>Sharp MX2600</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css" type="text/css" media="screen"/>

</head>


<body>
<h1>Sharp MX2600 Consumables</h1>
<table class="table1">
    <thead>
        <tr>
            <th></th>
            <th scope="col" abbr="Toner">Toner(s)</th>
            <th scope="col" abbr="WTB">Waste Toner Bottle</th>
            <th scope="col" abbr="Drums">Drums</th>
            <th scope="col" abbr="Devs">Developer Units</th>
        </tr>
    </thead>
    <tfoot>
        <tr>
            <th scope="row"></th>
            <td></td>
            <td></td>
            <td></td>
            <td></td>
        </tr>
    </tfoot>
    <tbody>
        <tr>
            <th scope="row">Black</th>
            <td class="ktoner">SMX31GTBA</td>
            <td>SMX310HB</td>
            <td>-</td>
            <td>-</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <th scope="row">Cyan</th>
            <td>SMX31GTCA</td>
            <td>-</td>
            <td>-</td>
            <td>-</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <th scope="row">Magenta</th>
            <td>SMX31GTMA</td>
            <td>-</td>
            <td>-</td>
            <td>-</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <th scope="row">Yellow</th>
            <td>SMX31GTYA</td>
            <td>-</td>
            <td>-</td>
            <td>-</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <th scope="row">Engineer Chip</th>
            <td>-</span></td>
            <td>-</span></td>
            <td>-</span></td>
            <td>-</span></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <th scope="row">Customer Empty</th>
            <td>-</span></td>
            <td><span class="check"></span></td>
            <td>-</span></td>
            <td>-</span></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <th scope="row">Engineer Empty</th>
            <td>-</span></td>
            <td><span class="check"></span></td>
            <td>-</span></td>
            <td>-</span></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <th scope="row">Dropship</th>
            <td><span class="check1"></span></td>
            <td><span class="check1"></span></td>
            <td><span class="check1"></span></td>
            <td><span class="check1"></span></td>
        </tr>
    </tbody>
</table>
</div>
</body>
</html>

body {
	background-color: ;
}

h1 {
	text-align: center;
	margin-top: 30px;
	font: normal Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
	margin: 0 0 20px;
	padding: 10px 0;
	font-weight: normal;
	text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px #ccc; /*--Not supported by IE--*/
	
}

table.table1{
    font-family: "Arial", sans-serif;
    font-size: 16px;
    font-weight: bold;
    line-height: 1.4em;
    font-style: normal;
    border-collapse:separate;
    width:60%;
    margin-left:20%;
    margin-right:20%;
    margin-top: 5%;
}

.table1 thead th{
    padding:15px;
    color:#fff;
    text-shadow:1px 1px 1px #568F23;
    border:1px solid #93CE37;
    border-bottom:3px solid #9ED929;
    background-color:#9DD929;
    background:-webkit-gradient(
        linear,
        left bottom,
        left top,
        color-stop(0.02, rgb(123,192,67)),
        color-stop(0.51, rgb(139,198,66)),
        color-stop(0.87, rgb(158,217,41))
        );
    background: -moz-linear-gradient(
        center bottom,
        rgb(123,192,67) 2%,
        rgb(139,198,66) 51%,
        rgb(158,217,41) 87%
        );
    -webkit-border-top-left-radius:5px;
    -webkit-border-top-right-radius:5px;
    -moz-border-radius:5px 5px 0px 0px;
    border-top-left-radius:5px;
    border-top-right-radius:5px;
}

.table1 thead th:empty{
    background:transparent;
    border:none;
}

.table1 tfoot td{
    color: #9CD009;
    font-size:32px;
    text-align:center;
    padding:10px 0px;
    text-shadow:1px 1px 1px #444;
}
.table1 tfoot th{
    color: #666;
}

.table1 tbody td{
    padding:10px;
    text-align:center;
    background-color:#DEF3CA;
    border: 2px solid #E7EFE0;
    -moz-border-radius:2px;
    -webkit-border-radius:2px;
    border-radius:2px;
    color:#666;
    text-shadow:1px 1px 1px #fff;

}

.table1 tbody th{
    color:#fff;
    text-shadow:1px 1px 1px #568F23;
    background-color:#9DD929;
    border:1px solid #93CE37;
    border-right:3px solid #9ED929;
    padding:0px 10px;
    background:-webkit-gradient(
        linear,
        left bottom,
        right top,
        color-stop(0.02, rgb(158,217,41)),
        color-stop(0.51, rgb(139,198,66)),
        color-stop(0.87, rgb(123,192,67))
        );
    background: -moz-linear-gradient(
        left bottom,
        rgb(158,217,41) 2%,
        rgb(139,198,66) 51%,
        rgb(123,192,67) 87%
        );
    -moz-border-radius:5px 0px 0px 5px;
    -webkit-border-top-left-radius:5px;
    -webkit-border-bottom-left-radius:5px;
    border-top-left-radius:5px;
    border-bottom-left-radius:5px;
}

.table1 tbody span.check::before{
    content : url(images/check0.png)
}

.table1 tbody span.check1::before{
    content : url(images/check1.png)
}

Many thanks in advance :slight_smile:

2

Hi,

If you nest a span in the cell then you can show it when you hover the td.

e.g.
span{display:none;position:absolute;}
td:hover span {display:block}

Usually though its better to hide it offscreen then bring it back.

span{position:absolute;left:-999em}
td:hover span{left:auto}

Unless you want some animation with css3 then you are better off making it zero width and height an then restore the height on hover.

Here’s a rough example using your code.


<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
<title>Untitled Document</title>
<style type="text/css">
body { background-color:;
}
h1 {
	text-align: center;
	margin-top: 30px;
	font: normal Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
	margin: 0 0 20px;
	padding: 10px 0;
	font-weight: normal;
	text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px #ccc; /*--Not supported by IE--*/
}
table.table1 {
	font-family: "Arial", sans-serif;
	font-size: 16px;
	font-weight: bold;
	line-height: 1.4em;
	font-style: normal;
	border-collapse:separate;
	width:60%;
	margin-left:20%;
	margin-right:20%;
	margin-top: 5%;
}
.table1 thead th {
	padding:15px;
	color:#fff;
	text-shadow:1px 1px 1px #568F23;
	border:1px solid #93CE37;
	border-bottom:3px solid #9ED929;
	background-color:#9DD929;
	background:-webkit-gradient( linear, left bottom, left top, color-stop(0.02, rgb(123,192,67)), color-stop(0.51, rgb(139,198,66)), color-stop(0.87, rgb(158,217,41)) );
	background: -moz-linear-gradient( center bottom, rgb(123,192,67) 2%, rgb(139,198,66) 51%, rgb(158,217,41) 87% );
	-webkit-border-top-left-radius:5px;
	-webkit-border-top-right-radius:5px;
	-moz-border-radius:5px 5px 0px 0px;
	border-top-left-radius:5px;
	border-top-right-radius:5px;
}
.table1 thead th:empty {
	background:transparent;
	border:none;
}
.table1 tfoot td {
	color: #9CD009;
	font-size:32px;
	text-align:center;
	padding:10px 0px;
	text-shadow:1px 1px 1px #444;
}
.table1 tfoot th { color: #666; }
.table1 tbody td {
	padding:10px;
	text-align:center;
	background-color:#DEF3CA;
	border: 2px solid #E7EFE0;
	-moz-border-radius:2px;
	-webkit-border-radius:2px;
	border-radius:2px;
	color:#666;
	text-shadow:1px 1px 1px #fff;
}
.table1 tbody th {
	color:#fff;
	text-shadow:1px 1px 1px #568F23;
	background-color:#9DD929;
	border:1px solid #93CE37;
	border-right:3px solid #9ED929;
	padding:0px 10px;
	background:-webkit-gradient( linear, left bottom, right top, color-stop(0.02, rgb(158,217,41)), color-stop(0.51, rgb(139,198,66)), color-stop(0.87, rgb(123,192,67)) );
	background: -moz-linear-gradient( left bottom, rgb(158,217,41) 2%, rgb(139,198,66) 51%, rgb(123,192,67) 87% );
	-moz-border-radius:5px 0px 0px 5px;
	-webkit-border-top-left-radius:5px;
	-webkit-border-bottom-left-radius:5px;
	border-top-left-radius:5px;
	border-bottom-left-radius:5px;
}
.table1 tbody span.check::before { content : url(images/check0.png) }
.table1 tbody span.check1::before { content : url(images/check1.png) }
.tooltip {
	position:absolute;
	display:block;
	width:0;
	height:0;
	padding:0;
	overflow:hidden;
	border:1px solid #000;
	background:-webkit-gradient( linear, left bottom, right top, color-stop(0.02, rgb(158,217,41)), color-stop(0.51, rgb(139,198,66)), color-stop(0.87, rgb(123,192,67)) );
	background: -moz-linear-gradient( left bottom, rgb(158,217,41) 2%, rgb(139,198,66) 51%, rgb(123,192,67) 87% );
 -webkit:border-radius:50%;
	-moz-border-radius:50%;
	border-radius:50%;
	text-align:center;
	margin:35px 0 0;
	-moz-transition: all 1s; /* Firefox 4 */
	-webkit-transition: all 1s; /* Safari and Chrome */
	-o-transition: all 1s; /* Opera */
	transition: all 1s;
	opacity:0;
}
.table1 td:hover .tooltip {
	opacity:1.0;
	padding:20px;
	width:100px;
	height:50px;
	overflow:visible;
}
.tooltip:before, .tooltip:after {
	content:" ";
	position:absolute;
	top:-15px;
	left:0;
	width:20px;
	height:20px;
	margin-left:50px;
	border:1px solid #000;
	background:-webkit-gradient( linear, left bottom, right top, color-stop(0.02, rgb(158,217,41)), color-stop(0.51, rgb(139,198,66)), color-stop(0.87, rgb(123,192,67)) );
	background: -moz-linear-gradient( left bottom, rgb(158,217,41) 2%, rgb(139,198,66) 51%, rgb(123,192,67) 87% );
 -webkit:border-radius:50%;
	-moz-border-radius:50%;
	border-radius:50%;
}
.tooltip:after {
	top:-30px;
	width:10px;
	height:10px;
}
</style>
</head>

<body>
<h1>Sharp MX2600 Consumables</h1>
<table class="table1">
		<thead>
				<tr>
						<th></th>
						<th scope="col" abbr="Toner">Toner(s)</th>
						<th scope="col" abbr="WTB">Waste Toner Bottle</th>
						<th scope="col" abbr="Drums">Drums</th>
						<th scope="col" abbr="Devs">Developer Units</th>
				</tr>
		</thead>
		<tfoot>
				<tr>
						<th scope="row"></th>
						<td></td>
						<td></td>
						<td></td>
						<td></td>
				</tr>
		</tfoot>
		<tbody>
				<tr>
						<th scope="row">Black</th>
						<td class="ktoner">SMX31GTBA <span class="tooltip">This is the tooltip</span></td>
						<td>SMX310HB<span class="tooltip">This is the tooltip</span></td>
						<td>-</td>
						<td>-</td>
				</tr>
				<tr>
						<th scope="row">Cyan</th>
						<td>SMX31GTCA<span class="tooltip">This is the tooltip</span></td>
						<td>-</td>
						<td>-</td>
						<td>-</td>
				</tr>
				<tr>
						<th scope="row">Magenta</th>
						<td>SMX31GTMA<span class="tooltip">This is the tooltip</span></td>
						<td>-</td>
						<td>-</td>
						<td>-</td>
				</tr>
				<tr>
						<th scope="row">Yellow</th>
						<td>SMX31GTYA<span class="tooltip">This is the tooltip</span></td>
						<td>-</td>
						<td>-</td>
						<td>-</td>
				</tr>
				<tr>
						<th scope="row">Engineer Chip</th>
						<td>-</td>
						<td>-</td>
						<td>-</td>
						<td>- </td>
				</tr>
				<tr>
						<th scope="row">Customer Empty</th>
						<td>-</span></td>
						<td><span class="check"></span></td>
						<td>-</span></td>
						<td>-</span></td>
				</tr>
				<tr>
						<th scope="row">Engineer Empty</th>
						<td>-</span></td>
						<td><span class="check"></span></td>
						<td>-</span></td>
						<td>-</span></td>
				</tr>
				<tr>
						<th scope="row">Dropship</th>
						<td><span class="check1"></span></td>
						<td><span class="check1"></span></td>
						<td><span class="check1"></span></td>
						<td><span class="check1"></span></td>
				</tr>
		</tbody>
</table>
</div>
</body>
</html>

This duplicate rules could be amalgamated to save a lot of code but I just kept it simple so you could see how it works more easily.

3

Paul, you are an absolute legend!

Thanks you so much for that, its better than what I was hoping for!

Cheers bud :slight_smile: