Title: Hyperlink Shadow
Last modified: April 2, 2020

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# Hyperlink Shadow

 *  [moeszyslak](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moeszyslak/)
 * (@moeszyslak)
 * [6 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hyperlink-shadow/)
 * Hi,
    iam to silly to deactivate the shadow around and inside the hyperlinks (
   text and images).
 * Could you please help me. I tried several custom css codes, nothing changed.
 * Thx in advance
    Stefan
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fhyperlink-shadow%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Theme Author [Joy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joyously/)
 * (@joyously)
 * [6 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hyperlink-shadow/#post-12618203)
 * It is not a shadow. It is a gradient for the background image of the link.
    The
   CSS which creates it is
 *     ```
       a:hover, a:focus, a:active {
       	color: red;
       	background-image: radial-gradient(circle, rgba(245, 245,160,0.9) 30%, transparent);
       	background-image: radial-gradient(circle at calc(100% * var(--mouse-x)) calc(100% * var(--mouse-y)),
       		rgba(255, 235, 80, 0.8) 10%, rgba(245, 235, 160, 0.6) 40%, transparent);
       }
       ```
   
 * So to remove the background entirely, you can use
    `a:hover, a:focus, a:active{
   background-image: none }` Or to make it still contrast with the red color, but
   not move, you can use `a:hover, a:focus, a:active { background-image: radial-
   gradient(circle, rgba(245, 245,160,0.9) 50%, transparent); }` or whatever you
   prefer.
 * Your site seems a bit odd, since it says it is using the latest version of the
   theme, but it is trying to load the skip-link-focus-fix.js file, which was removed
   from the theme last July. I wonder if you have a cache or a child theme that 
   is loading that?
 * _I must admit that I thought you weren’t even using my theme when I first saw
   the site. I guess with Elementor, you can make it look like anything._
 *  Thread Starter [moeszyslak](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moeszyslak/)
 * (@moeszyslak)
 * [6 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hyperlink-shadow/#post-12619529)
 * Hi, thx it worked.
 * “I must admit that I thought you weren’t even using my theme when I first saw
   the site. I guess with Elementor, you can make it look like anything.”
 * Thats because iam an amateur with wordpress (like 6-8 months) and i changed much
   elements on the site too often?
    With elementor is correct.
 * You think i should build the site from zero again?
 *  Theme Author [Joy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joyously/)
 * (@joyously)
 * [6 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hyperlink-shadow/#post-12619584)
 * No, whatever you want to do is fine, but usually you can see the look of the 
   theme somewhat. With Elementor, you don’t.
    It seemed like there was only one
   page. And I clicked that thing at the top that seemed to indicate English (in
   the status bar), but it didn’t really change anything. (I was trying to find 
   a link, but there aren’t very many.) So I can’t really tell what your site is
   about or if you should rebuild it. What I’ve learned about web pages is that 
   each page should be focused on “What do I want the user to do(or know or learn)
   on this page?” If there are too many things in one page, the user just leaves.
 *  Thread Starter [moeszyslak](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moeszyslak/)
 * (@moeszyslak)
 * [6 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hyperlink-shadow/#post-12621082)
 * thx for the input!

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