> That selector selects an element called active, that is inside an anchor > with the class name "events" the anchor is hovered. I suspect that since > there isn't an element type "active" that your selector isn't going to select > anything. Did you mean - > > a.events:hover, a.events:active { > background-position: 0 -166px; > } > > ??? creating a selector for both the hover and active states? > > ~holly
Oh, I see now. So, that's how you shorthand the selectors. Brilliant! now it works! -cheers- Phoebe -- Words I have learned to spell from CSS-Discussion list - scissors, tortoise, hover (not hoover) ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/