diff --git a/mercurial/templates/monoblue/map b/mercurial/templates/monoblue/map
--- a/mercurial/templates/monoblue/map
+++ b/mercurial/templates/monoblue/map
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ filediff = filediff.tmpl
 filecomparison = filecomparison.tmpl
 filelog = filelog.tmpl
 fileline = '
-  <span id="{lineid}">{strip(line|escape, '\r\n')}</span><a href="#{lineid}"></a>'
+  <a href="#{lineid}"></a><span id="{lineid}">{strip(line|escape, '\r\n')}</span>'
 annotateline = '
   <tr id="{lineid}" class="parity{parity}">
     <td class="linenr">
@@ -102,13 +102,13 @@ annotateline = '
     <td class="source">{line|escape}</td>
   </tr>'
 difflineplus = '
-  <span id="{lineid}" class="difflineplus">{strip(line|escape, '\r\n')}</span><a href="#{lineid}"></a>'
+  <a href="#{lineid}"></a><span id="{lineid}" class="difflineplus">{strip(line|escape, '\r\n')}</span>'
 difflineminus = '
-  <span id="{lineid}" class="difflineminus">{strip(line|escape, '\r\n')}</span><a href="#{lineid}"></a>'
+  <a href="#{lineid}"></a><span id="{lineid}" class="difflineminus">{strip(line|escape, '\r\n')}</span>'
 difflineat = '
-  <span id="{lineid}" class="difflineat">{strip(line|escape, '\r\n')}</span><a href="#{lineid}"></a>'
+  <a href="#{lineid}"></a><span id="{lineid}" class="difflineat">{strip(line|escape, '\r\n')}</span>'
 diffline = '
-  <span id="{lineid}">{strip(line|escape, '\r\n')}</span><a href="#{lineid}"></a>'
+  <a href="#{lineid}"></a><span id="{lineid}">{strip(line|escape, '\r\n')}</span>'
 
 comparisonblock ='
   <tbody class="block">
diff --git a/mercurial/templates/static/style-monoblue.css b/mercurial/templates/static/style-monoblue.css
--- a/mercurial/templates/static/style-monoblue.css
+++ b/mercurial/templates/static/style-monoblue.css
@@ -300,11 +300,13 @@ pre.sourcelines > a {
     height: 1em;
     padding: 0.15em;
 }
-pre.sourcelines.stripes > :nth-child(4n+1) { background-color: #F1F6F7; }
-pre.sourcelines.stripes > :nth-child(4n+3) { background-color: #FFFFFF; }
-pre.sourcelines.stripes > :nth-child(4n+1):hover,
-pre.sourcelines.stripes > :nth-child(4n+3):hover { background-color: #D5E1E6; }
-tr:target td,
+pre.sourcelines.stripes > :nth-child(4n+2) { background-color: #F1F6F7; }
+pre.sourcelines.stripes > :nth-child(4n+4) { background-color: #FFFFFF; }
+pre.sourcelines.stripes > :nth-child(4n+2):hover,
+pre.sourcelines.stripes > :nth-child(4n+4):hover,
+pre.sourcelines.stripes > :nth-child(4n+1):hover + :nth-child(4n+2),
+pre.sourcelines.stripes > :nth-child(4n+3):hover + :nth-child(4n+4) { background-color: #D5E1E6; }
+
 pre.sourcelines > span:target,
 pre.sourcelines.stripes > span:target {
     background-color: #bfdfff;