# CSS hover - flicker and underline

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/css-hover-flicker-and-underline/292445>\
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**Created:** [July 14, 2009, 9:45am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/css-hover-flicker-and-underline/292445 "2009-07-14T09:45:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![gibry21](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3bc359/32.png) [@gibry21](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/gibry21)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2009, 9:45am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/css-hover-flicker-and-underline/292445/1 "2009-07-14T09:45:49Z")

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Hi guys,

Perhaps someone could shed some light. I have been using a technique recently for creating buttons etc using css, by assigning a background image and then a different image to “a” style. Works great. But I have noticed on IE, when you hover over the image the first visit it goes white (disappears) then comes back…then it has a kind of flicker on hover.

You can see what I ean below:

[http://www.gibsonmedia.co.uk/Shoes4Crews\_Revamp/](http://www.gibsonmedia.co.uk/Shoes4Crews_Revamp/)

I have a feeling this is a known issue, is there a fix (do you nee dto see my code?)

Additionally I have noticed that my text-decoration:none; statesment do not work in Firefox…weird!!

Thanks in advance,

Ryan