IE8 pseudo :hover bug - css

Question

Best way to explain you what i mean you can see on the video. Please pay attention to the cursor. For the first time I'm trying to optimize my website for IE8. I hope there is way to fix this. Thanks in advance !
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0wQGcZKTvc - IE8 on the left, chrome on the right
CSS
.toggle:before {
position: absolute;
top: 0;
left: 0;
content: '';
width: 100%;
height: 5px;
z-index: 1;
}
.toggle:after {
position: absolute;
bottom: 0;
left: 0;
content: '';
width: 100%;
height: 5px;
z-index: 1;
}
.toggle h3 {
position: relative;
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
cursor: pointer;
color: #864747;
font-size: 14px;
padding: 10px 2px 10px 2px;
background: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAYAAAAfFcSJAAAADUlEQVQImWNgYGBgAAAABQABh6FO1AAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==); /* 1x1px transparent gif */
}
.toggle-cont {
display: none;
position: relative;
padding-bottom: 10px;
text-shadow: -1px -1px rgba(240,238,224,1), 1px 1px rgba(240,238,224,1);
}
.tshadow:before {
position: absolute;
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
top: 0;
left: 0;
content: '';
/* IE9 SVG, needs conditional override of 'filter' to 'none' */
background: url(data:image/svg+xml;base64,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);
background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, rgba(214,212,200,0.9) 0%, rgba(214,212,200,0.75) 50%, rgba(214,212,200,0.25) 100%); /* FF3.6+ */
background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, color-stop(0%,rgba(214,212,200,0.9)), color-stop(50%,rgba(214,212,200,0.75)), color-stop(100%,rgba(214,212,200,0.25))); /* Chrome,Safari4+ */
background: -webkit-linear-gradient(top, rgba(214,212,200,0.9) 0%,rgba(214,212,200,0.75) 50%,rgba(214,212,200,0.25) 100%); /* Chrome10+,Safari5.1+ */
background: -o-linear-gradient(top, rgba(214,212,200,0.9) 0%,rgba(214,212,200,0.75) 50%,rgba(214,212,200,0.25) 100%); /* Opera 11.10+ */
background: -ms-linear-gradient(top, rgba(214,212,200,0.9) 0%,rgba(214,212,200,0.75) 50%,rgba(214,212,200,0.25) 100%); /* IE10+ */
background: linear-gradient(to bottom, rgba(214,212,200,0.9) 0%,rgba(214,212,200,0.75) 50%,rgba(214,212,200,0.25) 100%); /* W3C */
filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient( startColorstr='#e6d6d4c8', endColorstr='#40d6d4c8',GradientType=0 ); /* IE6-8 */
}
.toggle {
position: relative;
padding: 0 14px;
-moz-box-shadow: 0 0 3px rgba(68,68,68,0.3);
-webkit-box-shadow: 0 0 3px rgba(68,68,68,0.3);
box-shadow: 0 0 3px rgba(68,68,68,0.3);
background: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAAFCAYAAACNbyblAAAAMElEQVQIW2N89ODyfwYk8PXrNwZGZEGQADc3F0IQJgDSBFaJLAAWvH715H+QFmQAABDVHcpHFfxXAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC);
}
.tdivider {
display: none;
position: relative;
height: 1px;
width: 100%;
content: '';
background: rgba(170, 169, 162, 0.6);
border-bottom: 1px solid #f0eee0;
margin-bottom: 8px;
}
.tarrow {
position: absolute;
top: 14px;
right: 18px;
margin: 0 0 0 0;
width: 8px;
height: 14px;
content: '';
background: url("../img/arrow.png");
cursor: pointer;
}
DOM
<div class="toggle ">
<div class="tshadow">
<h3># Explanation</h3>
<div class="tarrow rotate2"></div>
<div class="tdivider"></div>
<div class="toggle-cont">
<ol>
<li>sadasd</li>
<li>asd</li>
<li>as</li>
<li>d</li>
<li>as</li>
</ol>
</div>
</div>
</div>
jQuery
$("#single-full-column div.tshadow h3").click(function(e) {
e.preventDefault();
$(this).parent().find($(".toggle-cont")).stop().slideToggle();
$(this).parent().find($(".tdivider")).stop().toggle("slow");
$(this).parent().find($(".tarrow")).stop().toggleClass("rotate1 rotate2");
});
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Answer 1

do not have IE8 to test, but I think what you can do is let your element with height and overall width, hope it helps