Title: problem with a hover backlighting
Last modified: September 1, 2016

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# problem with a hover backlighting

 *  Resolved [rorororo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/endservice/)
 * (@endservice)
 * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-a-hover-backlighting/)
 * Hello, I have a problem with a hover backlighting.
    I made a table like that:
 *     ```
       cell1 cell2 cell3
       cell4 cell5 rowspan1
       cell7 cell8 rowspan2
       ```
   
 * then I hover cell3, only cell1+cell2 highlighted.
    **Why? **cell3+rowspan1+rowspan2
   is the one cell, so when I hover cell3 or rowspan1 or rowspan2 must all rows 
   highlighted… How can I do that?
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 *  Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * (@tobiasbg)
 * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-a-hover-backlighting/#post-7653008)
 * Hi,
 * thanks for your post, and sorry for the trouble.
 * This sounds strange. Those should actually be highlighted… Can you please post
   a link to the page with the table where this problem happens, so that I can take
   a direct look? Thanks!
 * Regards,
    Tobias
 *  Thread Starter [rorororo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/endservice/)
 * (@endservice)
 * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-a-hover-backlighting/#post-7653047)
 * Yes, of course
    Table page: [http://goo.gl/4vAJcj](http://goo.gl/4vAJcj) How 
   it looks like inside (screenshot): [https://goo.gl/hhmhCd](https://goo.gl/hhmhCd)
 *  Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * (@tobiasbg)
 * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-a-hover-backlighting/#post-7653073)
 * Hi,
 * thanks for the link!
 * For me, this is working as you described above, see this screenshot: [http://imgur.com/Iu7sEZX](http://imgur.com/Iu7sEZX)
 * Regards,
    Tobias
 *  [rorororo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bagfinder/)
 * (@bagfinder)
 * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-a-hover-backlighting/#post-7653120)
 * But is it expected behavior?
    I mean cell3 must have (after rowspanning) the 
   same relation to all rows near it (row1, row2, row3, ) but now it is related 
   only with one first row. If yes, okay, but let me now how I can change this (
   if i can)? 🙂 As a result, I want to see all rows highlighted like that [https://imgur.com/a/Oyl9f](https://imgur.com/a/Oyl9f)
 *  Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * (@tobiasbg)
 * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-with-a-hover-backlighting/#post-7653132)
 * Hi,
 * yes, due to how merging cells in a column works technically (the cell “belongs”
   to the first row), this is the expected behavior.
 * You could however try some JavaScript code to change the highlighting. Please
   download, install, and activate the TablePress Extension from [https://tablepress.org/extensions/hover-row-highlight-span/](https://tablepress.org/extensions/hover-row-highlight-span/)
   
   Then, you can use “Custom CSS” like
 *     ```
       .tablepress .hover {
            background-color: #f3f3f3 !important;
       }
       ```
   
 * (matching the `.tablepress .row-hover tr:hover td` declaration) to define the
   desired colors.
 * Regards,
    Tobias

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