[jQuery] Re: Triggering CSS pseudo selectors (like hover)?

[Joel Birch]

Unfortunately it's not possible to trigger pseudo-selectors like that.
The common way of achieving what you describe would be to add a class
selector to your CSS and toggle the class on and off for the element
you want to show hover styles for. Like this:

.hoverClass { /* some CSS */ }

$('#triggeringElement').hover(
  function(){
    $('#targetElement').toggleClass('hoverClass');
  },
  function(){
    $('#targetElement').toggleClass('hoverClass');
  }
);

Joel.