How to remove only underline from a:before?

Question

I have a set of styled links using the :before to apply an arrow.

It looks good in all browser, but when I apply the underline to the link, I don\'t wan

Answer 1

Wrap your links in spans and add the text-decoration to the span on the a:hover like this,

a:hover span {
   text-decoration:underline;
}

I have updated your fiddle to what I think you are trying to do. http://jsfiddle.net/r42e5/4/