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How It Works: Defining Visual Behavior with CSS

Explore how CSS pseudo-classes such as hover define interactive visual behavior on web elements. Understand the use of transitions to create smooth color changes and animations, enhancing user experience by manipulating styles declaratively.

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How it works

The hover is a “pseudo-class” in CSS. The h1:hover style represents the visual settings that should be applied when the mouse is over a first-level heading. As soon as the mouse leaves the heading, the original style is restored. That is how the colors changed when you displayed the web page in step 3.

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h1:hover {
    color: #61b3e7;
    background-color: #e6e8fa;
    transition: all 500ms ease-in-out;
}

In step 4, you added the transition ...