Title: Hover text colour
Last modified: November 10, 2017

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# Hover text colour

 *  [aorrow](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aorrow/)
 * (@aorrow)
 * [8 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hover-text-colour/)
 * Hi,
 * I have styled a block of text using the Text editor like this:
 * <span style=”color: #ffffff;”>Email</span> [xxxx@xxxxxxxxxx](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hover-text-colour/xxx@xxxxxxxx?output_format=md)
   <span style=”color: #ffffff;”>or call</span> [xxxxxxx](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hover-text-colour/xxxxxx?output_format=md)
 * I’d like to know if Its possible to now style the hover colour for the links?
   Can this be done in the Text Editor? Thank you.
    -  This topic was modified 8 years, 6 months ago by [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/).
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fhover-text-colour%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Moderator [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/)
 * (@sterndata)
 * Volunteer Forum Moderator
 * [8 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hover-text-colour/#post-9671189)
 * It’s better to style this in CSS rather than trying to hit each link individually.
 *     ```
       #footer a, #footer a:visited {
           color: #a5a5a5;
       }
       #footer a:hover {
           color: #5a5a5a;
       }
       ```
   
 * Of course, pick your own colors.
 * **To add CSS:** use the “Additional CSS” option in the customizer.
 * Learn to use the [Chrome Developer Tools](https://developers.google.com/web/tools/chrome-devtools/)
   to help you see and test changes to your CSS.
    -  This reply was modified 8 years, 6 months ago by [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/).
    -  This reply was modified 8 years, 6 months ago by [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/).
 *  Thread Starter [aorrow](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aorrow/)
 * (@aorrow)
 * [8 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hover-text-colour/#post-9671198)
 * Apologies the text did not paste correctly. The text should be as follows:
 * <span style=”color: #ffffff;”>Email</span> [alex@alexorrow.co.uk](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hover-text-colour/alex@alexorrow.co.uk?output_format=md)
   <span style=”color: #ffffff;”>or call</span> [+44 (0)7768 152 787](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hover-text-colour/+44 (0)7768 152 787?output_format=md)
 *  Thread Starter [aorrow](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aorrow/)
 * (@aorrow)
 * [8 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hover-text-colour/#post-9671207)
 * Thanks Steve,
 * I thought CSS would probably be better. Is your example relevant for the footer
   only? The block I’m interested in is below the About Section just the email and
   phone number in this dark grey block.
 * Don’t want to change the link styling globally but just for this single section.
 *  Moderator [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/)
 * (@sterndata)
 * Volunteer Forum Moderator
 * [8 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hover-text-colour/#post-9671217)
 * Use the inspector to get appropriate div ID or class to limit the changes to 
   the About section.
 * The element looks to be `<div class="vc_column-inner vc_custom_1508615273453"
   >` so use `.vc_custom_1508615273453` instead of `#footer`.
 * Please note we do not support Visual Composer here.
 *  Thread Starter [aorrow](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aorrow/)
 * (@aorrow)
 * [8 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hover-text-colour/#post-9671273)
 * ok Thanks Steve.

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