changing link image on hover

Question

my question today probably has an easy answer, however I have found a few working examples but can't seem to transfer it to my web page.

I am trying to use an image for a link, and would like the image to change when you hover over it. The link below is what I am trying to accomplish, but for whatever reason when I substitute my code from my page to it, it doesn't work.

EXAMPLE http://www.w3schools.com/tags/tryit.asp?filename=tryhtml5_ev_onmouseover

I am completely lost now and just need a little help. Here is my code.

DEMO

 function hoverImg(x) { x.style.backgroundImage = "url(image/arrowBtnHover.png)" x.style.transition = "ease 0.5s" } function normalImg(x) { x.style.backgroundImage = "url(image/arrowBtn.png)" } 

 #header { background-color: #473D39; height: 100%; width: 100%; display: table; position: absolute; z-index: 10; } #wrapper { display: table-cell; vertical-align: middle; } #header h1 { text-align: center; margin: 0px; font-size: 80px; padding-top: 5%; font-weight: normal; color: #FFF; letter-spacing: 18px; text-transform: uppercase; } #header h5 { text-align: center; color: #FFF; margin: 15px 15px 50px; font-weight: normal; text-transform: uppercase; font-size: 14px; letter-spacing: 2px; } 

 <div id="header"> <div id="wrapper"> <h1>Premier Webster</h1> <h5>Local Web Design For The Profesional In You</h5> <img onmouseover="hoverImg(this)" onmouseout="normalImg(this)" src="image/arrowBtn.png" /> </div> </div> 

Answer 1

Please take a look at https://jsfiddle.net/avzfdc2j/3/

It has been done using css with background image and transition

div.smile {
    background-image: url("http://images.clipartpanda.com/stupidity-clipart-1320682287266972230curius_face.svg.hi.png");
    background-size: 60px 60px;
    height: 60px;
    width: 60px;
    cursor: pointer;
}

div.smile:hover {
    background-image: url("http://images.clipartpanda.com/straight-face-clipart-black-and-white-smiley-face-hi.png");
    transition: ease 0.5s;
}

<a href="http://google.com/"><div class="smile"></div></a>

Answer 2

You should be changing the src attribute instead:

function hoverImg(x) {
    x.src = "image/arrowBtnHover.png"
    x.style.transition = "ease 0.5s"
}

function normalImg(x) {
    x.src = "image/arrowBtn.png"
}

But I don't think that the transition will work with this.

Answer 3

Since it's an image , you need to change it's src property, not it's CSS.

function hoverImg(x) {
    x.src = "image/arrowBtnHover.png"
    x.style.transition = "ease 0.5s"
}

function normalImg(x) {
    x.src = "image/arrowBtn.png"
}