Targeting an element by hovering another element in CSS

Question

How can I target one element on hover and then effect an other element?

Here's the HTML:

        <header>
            <h1 style="float: left; margin-top: 2%;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Naughty Mama.</h1>
            <nav>
                <ul>
                    <li><a href="profile.php">My Profile</a></li>
                    <li><a href="inbox.php">Inbox</a></li>
                    <li><a href="notifications.php">Notifications</a></li>
                </ul>
            </nav>
        </header>

Here's the CSS:

@CHARSET "ISO-8859-1";

header {
    background-color: #ddd;
}

nav {
    float: right;
    margin-right: 5%;
    margin-top: 2%;
}

nav ul li{
    display: inline;
    padding: 15px;
    background-color: #eee;
}

nav ul li a {
    color: #fff;
    text-decoration: none;
}

nav ul li a:hover {
    color: #000;
}

I want to effect the nav ul li when I hover on nav ul li a.

Hope I am clear.

possible duplicate of [On a CSS hover event, can I change another div's styling?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6910049/on-a-css-hover-event-can-i-change-another-divs-styling) — Mark Amery, Jun 30 '13 at 19:39
I know how to do that with JS but I wanted a CSS solution! :) Thanks. Anyone post the answer so I can accept it :) The first one will be accepted! — Mohammad Areeb Siddiqui, Jun 30 '13 at 19:41

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 30 '13 at 19:45

You may style <a> so it covers <li>. apply hover effect as background to <a> :) http://codepen.io/anon/pen/zyDLA

header {
  background-color: #ddd;
}

nav {
  float: right;
  margin-right: 5%;
  margin-top: 2%;
}

nav ul li{
  display: inline-block;
  background-color: #eee;
  vertical-align:top;
}

nav ul li a {
  color: #fff;
  text-decoration: none;
  display:block;
  padding:15px;
}

nav ul li a:hover {
  color: #000;
  background:#48a
}

Targeting an element by hovering another element in CSS

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