How to define the css :hover state in a jQuery selector?

Question

I need to define a div's background color on :hover with jQuery, but the following doesn't seem to work:

$(".myclass:hover div").css("background-color","red"); 

How can I get the same result? It's important that it has to be done with jQuery but for some reason it doesn't work. Any suggestions? Thanks!

Answer 1

I would suggest to use CSS over jquery ( if possible) otherwise you can use something like this

$("div.myclass").hover(function() {   $(this).css("background-color","red") }); 

You can change your selector as per your need.

As commented by @A.Wolff, If you want to use this hover effect to multiple classes, you can use it like this

$(".myclass, .myclass2").hover(function(e) {      $(this).css("background-color",e.type === "mouseenter"?"red":"transparent")  }) 

Js Fiddle Demo