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  • B Offline
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    banana
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    #1

    Hi,

    is it possible to create a random color of text on mouse hover?

    Thanks!
    Ana

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      Richard
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      wrote on last edited by
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      Dear Ana @banana

      It is possible :)

      This will require some basic knowledge of Javascript/jQuery:

      https://laytheme.com/documentation.html#custom-javascript

      Which you would be adding into the Custom <head> content within "Lay Option - Custom CSS & HTML" :

      Screen Shot 2020-09-14 at 2.51.54 PM.png

      Add the following code and it will target all the Links on your page <a> on hover they will be a random colour:

      <script>
      window.laytheme.on("newpageshown", function(layoutObj, type, obj){
          
          var origColor = jQuery("a").css("color");
          
          jQuery( "a" ).mouseover(function() {
          jQuery(this).css("color",getRandomColor());
          });
          
          jQuery( "a" ).mouseout(function() {
          jQuery(this).css("color", origColor);
          });
          
          function getRandomColor () {
           var letters = '0123456789ABCDEF'.split('');
           var color = '#';
           for (var i = 0; i < 6; i++) {
               color += letters[Math.floor(Math.random() * 16)];
           }
           return color;
              }
      });
      
      </script>
      

      In this Code there are 3

      jQuery( "a" )
      

      You can change the 'a' to target what text you wish within your webpage. To do so we can use the Google Inspect tool:

      https://www.khanacademy.org/computing/computer-programming/html-css/web-development-tools/a/using-the-browser-developer-tools

      Right click on the element you wish to be a random colour and choose 'inspect'.

      Screen Shot 2020-10-27 at 11.14.07 AM.png

      This will bring up a list of attributes associated with the element, for example here this menu text i have:

      Screen Shot 2020-10-27 at 7.42.01 PM.png

      it has a class called:

      .menu-item-67
      

      I could change the

      jQuery( "a" )
      

      to:

      jQuery( ".menu-item-67" )
      

      And now this particular menu item would be a random colour on hover.

      I hope this helps you Ana and have a wonderful day, thank you for using Lay Theme and Good Luck! :)

      Best
      Richard

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