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    copied!<p>I have list of items. When hover, the background should highlight gray per item. I also want to be able to hover on "X" to change its background to red.</p> <p>However, in the code below, when I hover on each line, the item background lays on top of "X" and there is no way to hover on "X".</p> <p><strong>Code:</strong> <a href="http://jsfiddle.net/qhoc/7vtZT/2/" rel="nofollow">http://jsfiddle.net/qhoc/7vtZT/2/</a></p> <p><strong>HTML:</strong></p> <pre><code>&lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt; &lt;a&gt;Long title for Item 1&lt;/a&gt; &lt;i class=icon&gt;&lt;/i&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt; &lt;a&gt;Item 2&lt;/a&gt; &lt;i class=icon&gt;&lt;/i&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt; &lt;a&gt;Item 3&lt;/a&gt; &lt;i class=icon&gt;&lt;/i&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt; &lt;a&gt;Item 4&lt;/a&gt; &lt;i class=icon&gt;&lt;/i&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt; &lt;a&gt;Item 5&lt;/a&gt; &lt;i class=icon&gt;&lt;/i&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; </code></pre> <p><strong>CSS:</strong></p> <pre><code>ul { border: 1px solid green; overflow: hidden; padding: 0; list-style: none; width: 100px; } a { display: inline-block; text-overflow: ellipsis; overflow: hidden; padding-right: 20px; white-space: nowrap; width: 80px; } a:hover { background: gray; } .icon { display: inline-block; float: right; margin-top: -20px; background: yellow; } .icon:before { content: "X"; } .icon:hover:before { background: red; } </code></pre> <p><strong>Question:</strong> How to change CSS (preferably) to be able to hover on "X" to change its background color &amp; be "clickable" in JS but also have the item's background in that line highlighted gray?</p> <p>Right now I cannot event hook "click" event in the "X" because it keeps going under the items.</p> <p><strong>Requirements</strong>:</p> <ol> <li><p>Width for <code>ul</code> is fixed of <code>100px</code></p></li> <li><p>"X" must be in the same line of each <code>li a</code> element and stays in <code>ul</code>'s width</p></li> <li><p>If text in <code>a</code> is too long, it must go under "X" but not show outside box <code>ul</code>. There is no wrap.</p></li> <li><p>Each <code>li a</code> has hardcoded width with <code>ellipsis</code> to show "..." on long text. This width can be changed.</p></li> <li><p>No Javascript. Hardcoded CSS position is OK but less prefer.</p></li> </ol>
 

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