1041793 - :hover pseudo class does not work on child of button element

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 843003

(Core :: DOM: Core & HTML, defect)

Description

[Andrei Oprea [mention me on [e-mail]]]

If you have a <span> element inside of a <button> you cannot style it using the :hover pseudo class. 

Example http://jsbin.com/kiyahuci/1/edit

According to MDN page on button [0] you should (phrasing content)

[0] https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/button

Comment 1

[j.j.]

Attachment: testcase

This never ever worked in Gecko (and Presto FWIW)