How to make the background color change when hovering over a link?

Question

css

I would like to implement such a thing: when you hover over a link, a gradient is applied to the background div-a. I made a simple code https://jsfiddle.net/destroer18/oxeum1or/ so as not to throw off the whole one.

Answer 1

HZ, maybe a jQuery example for your case is suitable:

$('li a.h').hover(function() {
   $('.nav').toggleClass('hovered');
});

And there already and twist the styles.

Answer 2

As you wrote, it cannot be done. To change the background of the parent element when hovering over a link. css doesn't have this option.