Column and row highlight on hover in striped table in CSS

Question

I'm using trick for CSS only highlight of table column on hover from https://css-tricks.com/simple-css-row-column-highlighting/

It's work perfect, but not for striped table via

tr:nth-of-type(odd) {
    background-color: #f0f0f0;
}

Highlighting not apply to upper and bottom cells in rows with background.

See example here: http://jsfiddle.net/615avo4v/

Please, help me fix this issue without JavaScript.

Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

Change the way you set the stripped background.

Use another pseudo element, this time on the first td of the even rows, and aligned horizontally. (and with a lower z-index).

 * { margin: 0; padding: 0; } table { width: 100%; border-spacing: 0; color: #212121; text-align: left; overflow: hidden; } table>tbody>tr>td { padding: 10px; font-size: 14px; position: relative; } table>tbody>tr:hover { padding: 20px; background-color: #ffa !important; } tr:nth-child(even) td:first-child::before { content: ""; position: absolute; background-color: lightgreen; top: 0; left: -5000px; width: 10000px; height: 100%; z-index: -10; } td:hover::after { content: ""; position: absolute; background-color: #ffa; left: 0; top: -5000px; height: 10000px; width: 100%; z-index: -1; } 

  <table> <tr> <td>col1</td> <td>col2</td> <td>col3</td> <td>col4</td> <td>col5</td> <td>col6</td> <td>col7</td> <td>col8</td> </tr> <tr> <td>col1</td> <td>col2</td> <td>col3</td> <td>col4</td> <td>col5</td> <td>col6</td> <td>col7</td> <td>col8</td> </tr> <tr> <td>col1</td> <td>col2</td> <td>col3</td> <td>col4</td> <td>col5</td> <td>col6</td> <td>col7</td> <td>col8</td> </tr> <tr> <td>col1</td> <td>col2</td> <td>col3</td> <td>col4</td> <td>col5</td> <td>col6</td> <td>col7</td> <td>col8</td> </tr> <tr> <td>col1</td> <td>col2</td> <td>col3</td> <td>col4</td> <td>col5</td> <td>col6</td> <td>col7</td> <td>col8</td> </tr> <tr> <td>col1</td> <td>col2</td> <td>col3</td> <td>col4</td> <td>col5</td> <td>col6</td> <td>col7</td> <td>col8</td> </tr> </table>