Remove pure css background hover using jQuery?

[sgobin]

Hi,

I have a html/css menu that change the background image with a:hover. The markup is:

Code:

• Home
• Marcas
• Institucional
• Contato

And the CSS:

Code:

#nav { height: 75px; width: 960px; background: #4274A1 url(../imagens/nav-bg.png) repeat-x top left; }
ul#menu { float: left; margin: 14px 0 17px 18px; }
ul#menu li { float: left; display: inline; position: relative; }
ul#menu li a { display: block; height: 46px; float: left; text-indent: -9999px;}

ul#menu li.home a { width:148px; background:url(../imagens/menu.png) 0 0; }
ul#menu li.marcas a { width:159px; background:url(../imagens/menu.png) -148px 0; }
ul#menu li.institucional a { width:176px; background:url(../imagens/menu.png) -307px 0; }
ul#menu li.contato a { width:174px; background:url(../imagens/menu.png) -483px 0; }

ul#menu li.home a:hover { width:148px; background:url(../imagens/menu.png) 0 46px; }
ul#menu li.marcas a:hover { width:159px; background:url(../imagens/menu.png) -148px 46px; }
ul#menu li.institucional a:hover { width:176px; background:url(../imagens/menu.png) -307px 46px; }
ul#menu li.contato a:hover { width:174px; background:url(../imagens/menu.png) -483px 46px; }

It’s working fine but I would like to have same animation in the menu. So I added some jQuery.

First I added this CSS:

Code:

ul#menu li a span {
display: block;
height: 46px;
width: 100%;
z-index: 1000;
position: absolute;
background:url(../imagens/menu.png) 0 46px;
visibility: hidden;
}
ul#menu li.marcas a span { background-position: -148px 46px; }
ul#menu li.institucional a span { background-position: -307px 46px; }
ul#menu li.contato a span { background-position: -483px 46px; }

And then the JS:

Code:

// Anima os menus
function animaMenu(){

// define selector as variable
var menuItens = $(“ul#menu li a span”);

// turn on span visibility
menuItens.css(“visibility”,”visible”);

// and hide with jQuery
menuItens.css(“opacity”,”0″);

// animates
menuItens
//over
.hover(function(){
$(this).stop().animate({ opacity: 1 }, ‘normal’);
},

//out
function(){
$(this).stop().animate({ opacity: 0 }, ‘normal’);
});
};

What I am trying to do is to have the animation but if js is disable to still have the hover effect with css only. Almost everything is working but I can’t disable the pure CSS hover effect so the animation apears. Here is where I am testing the site:
http://www.santosrepresentacoes.com.br/site/

As you can see the "out" state is working but the "over" state don’t appear because the CSS hover is taking place with it. I already tried to use

Code:

$(“ul#menu li a:hover”).css(“background”,”none”);

But I think I can’t use :hover. I already tried "ul#menu li.home a:hover" ; "ul#menu li.home a" (this case works but I miss the "non over" state too.

Anyone could help me? Maybe I am asking too much? I could just remove the pure css hover state in the style sheet but I think it’s can be done with jQuery.

Thanks

[sgobin]

Hi, I found a solution with a plug-in called Blend from the same author of colorbox. Not the plug-in itself but the concept.

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