How do I not underline an element in a link?












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I am trying to underline the link except for the #myspan element, which I do not want underlined under any circumstance. I'd like to also change #myspan's color. The rules don't seem to apply to it. If I reverse the order and not underline the "a" but underline #myspan it seems to apply the rules. I've seen Text decoration for link and span inside this link to no avail.






    a {
text-decoration: underline;
}

a #myspan {
color: black;
text-decoration: none;
}

a:active #myspan {
color: grey;
text-decoration: none;
}

a:visited #myspan {
color: yellow;
text-decoration: none;
}

a:hover #myspan {
color: red;
text-decoration: none;
}

  <a href="#">A link <span id="myspan">some additional information</span></a>












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    I am trying to underline the link except for the #myspan element, which I do not want underlined under any circumstance. I'd like to also change #myspan's color. The rules don't seem to apply to it. If I reverse the order and not underline the "a" but underline #myspan it seems to apply the rules. I've seen Text decoration for link and span inside this link to no avail.






        a {
    text-decoration: underline;
    }

    a #myspan {
    color: black;
    text-decoration: none;
    }

    a:active #myspan {
    color: grey;
    text-decoration: none;
    }

    a:visited #myspan {
    color: yellow;
    text-decoration: none;
    }

    a:hover #myspan {
    color: red;
    text-decoration: none;
    }

      <a href="#">A link <span id="myspan">some additional information</span></a>












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      I am trying to underline the link except for the #myspan element, which I do not want underlined under any circumstance. I'd like to also change #myspan's color. The rules don't seem to apply to it. If I reverse the order and not underline the "a" but underline #myspan it seems to apply the rules. I've seen Text decoration for link and span inside this link to no avail.






          a {
      text-decoration: underline;
      }

      a #myspan {
      color: black;
      text-decoration: none;
      }

      a:active #myspan {
      color: grey;
      text-decoration: none;
      }

      a:visited #myspan {
      color: yellow;
      text-decoration: none;
      }

      a:hover #myspan {
      color: red;
      text-decoration: none;
      }

        <a href="#">A link <span id="myspan">some additional information</span></a>












      share|improve this question
















      I am trying to underline the link except for the #myspan element, which I do not want underlined under any circumstance. I'd like to also change #myspan's color. The rules don't seem to apply to it. If I reverse the order and not underline the "a" but underline #myspan it seems to apply the rules. I've seen Text decoration for link and span inside this link to no avail.






          a {
      text-decoration: underline;
      }

      a #myspan {
      color: black;
      text-decoration: none;
      }

      a:active #myspan {
      color: grey;
      text-decoration: none;
      }

      a:visited #myspan {
      color: yellow;
      text-decoration: none;
      }

      a:hover #myspan {
      color: red;
      text-decoration: none;
      }

        <a href="#">A link <span id="myspan">some additional information</span></a>








          a {
      text-decoration: underline;
      }

      a #myspan {
      color: black;
      text-decoration: none;
      }

      a:active #myspan {
      color: grey;
      text-decoration: none;
      }

      a:visited #myspan {
      color: yellow;
      text-decoration: none;
      }

      a:hover #myspan {
      color: red;
      text-decoration: none;
      }

        <a href="#">A link <span id="myspan">some additional information</span></a>





          a {
      text-decoration: underline;
      }

      a #myspan {
      color: black;
      text-decoration: none;
      }

      a:active #myspan {
      color: grey;
      text-decoration: none;
      }

      a:visited #myspan {
      color: yellow;
      text-decoration: none;
      }

      a:hover #myspan {
      color: red;
      text-decoration: none;
      }

        <a href="#">A link <span id="myspan">some additional information</span></a>






      html css






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          Make the element to be inline-block and it won't get affected by the underline:






          a {
          text-decoration: underline;
          }

          a #myspan {
          color: black;
          display:inline-block;
          }

          a:active #myspan {
          color: grey;
          }

          a:visited #myspan {
          color: yellow;
          }

          a:hover #myspan {
          color: red;
          }

          <a href="#">A link <span id="myspan">some additional information</span></a>






          Note that text decorations are not propagated to floating and absolutely positioned descendants, nor to the contents of atomic inline-level descendants such as inline blocks and inline tables. ref






          To remove the small space between text and span you can get rid of the whitespace and use a small margin:






          a {
          text-decoration: underline;
          }

          a #myspan {
          color: black;
          display:inline-block;
          margin-left:4px;
          }


          a:active #myspan {
          color: grey;
          }

          a:visited #myspan {
          color: yellow;
          }

          a:hover #myspan {
          color: red;
          }

          <a href="#">A link<span id="myspan">some additional information</span></a>








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            just learned something new. +1 Never had a reason to know this before today though.

            – soulshined
            4 hours ago



















          3














          I made a:hover #myspan, a:hover






          a {
          text-decoration: underline;
          }

          a #myspan {
          color: black;
          text-decoration: none;
          }

          a:active #myspan {
          color: grey;
          text-decoration: none;
          }

          a:visited #myspan {
          color: yellow;
          text-decoration: none;
          }

          a:hover #myspan, a:hover {
          color: red;
          text-decoration: none;
          }

          <a href="#">A link <span id="myspan">some additional information</span></a>








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          • dont think OP wants the span underlined under any conditions. underline the link except for the #myspan element

            – soulshined
            4 hours ago













          • oops. The answer is given below. I misunderstood.

            – Dogukan Cavus
            4 hours ago













          • been there done that. just a quick edit is needed

            – soulshined
            4 hours ago



















          1














          a {
          text-decoration: none;
          }

          #span1{
          text-decoration:underline;
          }

          #myspan {
          color: black;
          text-decoration: none!important;

          }

          a:active #myspan {
          color: grey;
          text-decoration: none;
          }

          a:visited #myspan {
          color: yellow;
          text-decoration: none;
          }

          a:hover #myspan {
          color: red;
          text-decoration: none;
          }


          Make the above changes to the css.



          <a href="#"><span id="span1">A link </span><span id="myspan">some additional information</span></a>


          Make the changes to HTML.



          Let me know if it works






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            Make the element to be inline-block and it won't get affected by the underline:






            a {
            text-decoration: underline;
            }

            a #myspan {
            color: black;
            display:inline-block;
            }

            a:active #myspan {
            color: grey;
            }

            a:visited #myspan {
            color: yellow;
            }

            a:hover #myspan {
            color: red;
            }

            <a href="#">A link <span id="myspan">some additional information</span></a>






            Note that text decorations are not propagated to floating and absolutely positioned descendants, nor to the contents of atomic inline-level descendants such as inline blocks and inline tables. ref






            To remove the small space between text and span you can get rid of the whitespace and use a small margin:






            a {
            text-decoration: underline;
            }

            a #myspan {
            color: black;
            display:inline-block;
            margin-left:4px;
            }


            a:active #myspan {
            color: grey;
            }

            a:visited #myspan {
            color: yellow;
            }

            a:hover #myspan {
            color: red;
            }

            <a href="#">A link<span id="myspan">some additional information</span></a>








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            • 1





              just learned something new. +1 Never had a reason to know this before today though.

              – soulshined
              4 hours ago
















            6














            Make the element to be inline-block and it won't get affected by the underline:






            a {
            text-decoration: underline;
            }

            a #myspan {
            color: black;
            display:inline-block;
            }

            a:active #myspan {
            color: grey;
            }

            a:visited #myspan {
            color: yellow;
            }

            a:hover #myspan {
            color: red;
            }

            <a href="#">A link <span id="myspan">some additional information</span></a>






            Note that text decorations are not propagated to floating and absolutely positioned descendants, nor to the contents of atomic inline-level descendants such as inline blocks and inline tables. ref






            To remove the small space between text and span you can get rid of the whitespace and use a small margin:






            a {
            text-decoration: underline;
            }

            a #myspan {
            color: black;
            display:inline-block;
            margin-left:4px;
            }


            a:active #myspan {
            color: grey;
            }

            a:visited #myspan {
            color: yellow;
            }

            a:hover #myspan {
            color: red;
            }

            <a href="#">A link<span id="myspan">some additional information</span></a>








            share|improve this answer





















            • 1





              just learned something new. +1 Never had a reason to know this before today though.

              – soulshined
              4 hours ago














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            6







            Make the element to be inline-block and it won't get affected by the underline:






            a {
            text-decoration: underline;
            }

            a #myspan {
            color: black;
            display:inline-block;
            }

            a:active #myspan {
            color: grey;
            }

            a:visited #myspan {
            color: yellow;
            }

            a:hover #myspan {
            color: red;
            }

            <a href="#">A link <span id="myspan">some additional information</span></a>






            Note that text decorations are not propagated to floating and absolutely positioned descendants, nor to the contents of atomic inline-level descendants such as inline blocks and inline tables. ref






            To remove the small space between text and span you can get rid of the whitespace and use a small margin:






            a {
            text-decoration: underline;
            }

            a #myspan {
            color: black;
            display:inline-block;
            margin-left:4px;
            }


            a:active #myspan {
            color: grey;
            }

            a:visited #myspan {
            color: yellow;
            }

            a:hover #myspan {
            color: red;
            }

            <a href="#">A link<span id="myspan">some additional information</span></a>








            share|improve this answer















            Make the element to be inline-block and it won't get affected by the underline:






            a {
            text-decoration: underline;
            }

            a #myspan {
            color: black;
            display:inline-block;
            }

            a:active #myspan {
            color: grey;
            }

            a:visited #myspan {
            color: yellow;
            }

            a:hover #myspan {
            color: red;
            }

            <a href="#">A link <span id="myspan">some additional information</span></a>






            Note that text decorations are not propagated to floating and absolutely positioned descendants, nor to the contents of atomic inline-level descendants such as inline blocks and inline tables. ref






            To remove the small space between text and span you can get rid of the whitespace and use a small margin:






            a {
            text-decoration: underline;
            }

            a #myspan {
            color: black;
            display:inline-block;
            margin-left:4px;
            }


            a:active #myspan {
            color: grey;
            }

            a:visited #myspan {
            color: yellow;
            }

            a:hover #myspan {
            color: red;
            }

            <a href="#">A link<span id="myspan">some additional information</span></a>








            a {
            text-decoration: underline;
            }

            a #myspan {
            color: black;
            display:inline-block;
            }

            a:active #myspan {
            color: grey;
            }

            a:visited #myspan {
            color: yellow;
            }

            a:hover #myspan {
            color: red;
            }

            <a href="#">A link <span id="myspan">some additional information</span></a>





            a {
            text-decoration: underline;
            }

            a #myspan {
            color: black;
            display:inline-block;
            }

            a:active #myspan {
            color: grey;
            }

            a:visited #myspan {
            color: yellow;
            }

            a:hover #myspan {
            color: red;
            }

            <a href="#">A link <span id="myspan">some additional information</span></a>





            a {
            text-decoration: underline;
            }

            a #myspan {
            color: black;
            display:inline-block;
            margin-left:4px;
            }


            a:active #myspan {
            color: grey;
            }

            a:visited #myspan {
            color: yellow;
            }

            a:hover #myspan {
            color: red;
            }

            <a href="#">A link<span id="myspan">some additional information</span></a>





            a {
            text-decoration: underline;
            }

            a #myspan {
            color: black;
            display:inline-block;
            margin-left:4px;
            }


            a:active #myspan {
            color: grey;
            }

            a:visited #myspan {
            color: yellow;
            }

            a:hover #myspan {
            color: red;
            }

            <a href="#">A link<span id="myspan">some additional information</span></a>






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            edited 4 hours ago

























            answered 4 hours ago









            Temani AfifTemani Afif

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              just learned something new. +1 Never had a reason to know this before today though.

              – soulshined
              4 hours ago














            • 1





              just learned something new. +1 Never had a reason to know this before today though.

              – soulshined
              4 hours ago








            1




            1





            just learned something new. +1 Never had a reason to know this before today though.

            – soulshined
            4 hours ago





            just learned something new. +1 Never had a reason to know this before today though.

            – soulshined
            4 hours ago













            3














            I made a:hover #myspan, a:hover






            a {
            text-decoration: underline;
            }

            a #myspan {
            color: black;
            text-decoration: none;
            }

            a:active #myspan {
            color: grey;
            text-decoration: none;
            }

            a:visited #myspan {
            color: yellow;
            text-decoration: none;
            }

            a:hover #myspan, a:hover {
            color: red;
            text-decoration: none;
            }

            <a href="#">A link <span id="myspan">some additional information</span></a>








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            • dont think OP wants the span underlined under any conditions. underline the link except for the #myspan element

              – soulshined
              4 hours ago













            • oops. The answer is given below. I misunderstood.

              – Dogukan Cavus
              4 hours ago













            • been there done that. just a quick edit is needed

              – soulshined
              4 hours ago
















            3














            I made a:hover #myspan, a:hover






            a {
            text-decoration: underline;
            }

            a #myspan {
            color: black;
            text-decoration: none;
            }

            a:active #myspan {
            color: grey;
            text-decoration: none;
            }

            a:visited #myspan {
            color: yellow;
            text-decoration: none;
            }

            a:hover #myspan, a:hover {
            color: red;
            text-decoration: none;
            }

            <a href="#">A link <span id="myspan">some additional information</span></a>








            share|improve this answer
























            • dont think OP wants the span underlined under any conditions. underline the link except for the #myspan element

              – soulshined
              4 hours ago













            • oops. The answer is given below. I misunderstood.

              – Dogukan Cavus
              4 hours ago













            • been there done that. just a quick edit is needed

              – soulshined
              4 hours ago














            3












            3








            3







            I made a:hover #myspan, a:hover






            a {
            text-decoration: underline;
            }

            a #myspan {
            color: black;
            text-decoration: none;
            }

            a:active #myspan {
            color: grey;
            text-decoration: none;
            }

            a:visited #myspan {
            color: yellow;
            text-decoration: none;
            }

            a:hover #myspan, a:hover {
            color: red;
            text-decoration: none;
            }

            <a href="#">A link <span id="myspan">some additional information</span></a>








            share|improve this answer













            I made a:hover #myspan, a:hover






            a {
            text-decoration: underline;
            }

            a #myspan {
            color: black;
            text-decoration: none;
            }

            a:active #myspan {
            color: grey;
            text-decoration: none;
            }

            a:visited #myspan {
            color: yellow;
            text-decoration: none;
            }

            a:hover #myspan, a:hover {
            color: red;
            text-decoration: none;
            }

            <a href="#">A link <span id="myspan">some additional information</span></a>








            a {
            text-decoration: underline;
            }

            a #myspan {
            color: black;
            text-decoration: none;
            }

            a:active #myspan {
            color: grey;
            text-decoration: none;
            }

            a:visited #myspan {
            color: yellow;
            text-decoration: none;
            }

            a:hover #myspan, a:hover {
            color: red;
            text-decoration: none;
            }

            <a href="#">A link <span id="myspan">some additional information</span></a>





            a {
            text-decoration: underline;
            }

            a #myspan {
            color: black;
            text-decoration: none;
            }

            a:active #myspan {
            color: grey;
            text-decoration: none;
            }

            a:visited #myspan {
            color: yellow;
            text-decoration: none;
            }

            a:hover #myspan, a:hover {
            color: red;
            text-decoration: none;
            }

            <a href="#">A link <span id="myspan">some additional information</span></a>






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            answered 4 hours ago









            Dogukan CavusDogukan Cavus

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            • dont think OP wants the span underlined under any conditions. underline the link except for the #myspan element

              – soulshined
              4 hours ago













            • oops. The answer is given below. I misunderstood.

              – Dogukan Cavus
              4 hours ago













            • been there done that. just a quick edit is needed

              – soulshined
              4 hours ago



















            • dont think OP wants the span underlined under any conditions. underline the link except for the #myspan element

              – soulshined
              4 hours ago













            • oops. The answer is given below. I misunderstood.

              – Dogukan Cavus
              4 hours ago













            • been there done that. just a quick edit is needed

              – soulshined
              4 hours ago

















            dont think OP wants the span underlined under any conditions. underline the link except for the #myspan element

            – soulshined
            4 hours ago







            dont think OP wants the span underlined under any conditions. underline the link except for the #myspan element

            – soulshined
            4 hours ago















            oops. The answer is given below. I misunderstood.

            – Dogukan Cavus
            4 hours ago







            oops. The answer is given below. I misunderstood.

            – Dogukan Cavus
            4 hours ago















            been there done that. just a quick edit is needed

            – soulshined
            4 hours ago





            been there done that. just a quick edit is needed

            – soulshined
            4 hours ago











            1














            a {
            text-decoration: none;
            }

            #span1{
            text-decoration:underline;
            }

            #myspan {
            color: black;
            text-decoration: none!important;

            }

            a:active #myspan {
            color: grey;
            text-decoration: none;
            }

            a:visited #myspan {
            color: yellow;
            text-decoration: none;
            }

            a:hover #myspan {
            color: red;
            text-decoration: none;
            }


            Make the above changes to the css.



            <a href="#"><span id="span1">A link </span><span id="myspan">some additional information</span></a>


            Make the changes to HTML.



            Let me know if it works






            share|improve this answer






























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              a {
              text-decoration: none;
              }

              #span1{
              text-decoration:underline;
              }

              #myspan {
              color: black;
              text-decoration: none!important;

              }

              a:active #myspan {
              color: grey;
              text-decoration: none;
              }

              a:visited #myspan {
              color: yellow;
              text-decoration: none;
              }

              a:hover #myspan {
              color: red;
              text-decoration: none;
              }


              Make the above changes to the css.



              <a href="#"><span id="span1">A link </span><span id="myspan">some additional information</span></a>


              Make the changes to HTML.



              Let me know if it works






              share|improve this answer




























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                a {
                text-decoration: none;
                }

                #span1{
                text-decoration:underline;
                }

                #myspan {
                color: black;
                text-decoration: none!important;

                }

                a:active #myspan {
                color: grey;
                text-decoration: none;
                }

                a:visited #myspan {
                color: yellow;
                text-decoration: none;
                }

                a:hover #myspan {
                color: red;
                text-decoration: none;
                }


                Make the above changes to the css.



                <a href="#"><span id="span1">A link </span><span id="myspan">some additional information</span></a>


                Make the changes to HTML.



                Let me know if it works






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                a {
                text-decoration: none;
                }

                #span1{
                text-decoration:underline;
                }

                #myspan {
                color: black;
                text-decoration: none!important;

                }

                a:active #myspan {
                color: grey;
                text-decoration: none;
                }

                a:visited #myspan {
                color: yellow;
                text-decoration: none;
                }

                a:hover #myspan {
                color: red;
                text-decoration: none;
                }


                Make the above changes to the css.



                <a href="#"><span id="span1">A link </span><span id="myspan">some additional information</span></a>


                Make the changes to HTML.



                Let me know if it works







                share|improve this answer














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                answered 4 hours ago









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