CSS Attributes Index   Pseudo-class Attributes

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Sets or retrieves the style of unvisited hypertext links ( anchor elements ) in a document.

CSS	[ A ] :link { attribute1:parameter1 [ ; attribute2:parameter2 [ ; . . . ] ] }
Script	N/A

attribute	Any attribute applicable to text.
parameter	Any of the range of values available to the corresponding attribute.

This pseudo-class is read/write with a default value that is browser-specific.

Unvisited means that the user has not previously navigated the link. Setting the link pseudo-class is often used in conjunction with the following pseudo-elements to define the various states of a link: active, visited, and hover.

Using pseudo-classes on elements other than the A element has no effect.

The following demonstrates use of the a:link attribute in an embedded stylesheet to set the color of unvisited hyperlinks on a page.

<style type="text/css">
   a:link {
      font-weight: bold; color: #8be }
   a:visited {
      color: #eb8 }
   a:active {
      background-color: #eec; color: #500 }
   a:hover {
      color: #bc7; text-decoration: none;
      font-variant: small-caps }
-->
</style>

This feature requires Microsoft^® Internet Explorer^® 4.0 or later.

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The CSS :link attribute can also be used for contextual hyperlinks, or links which are contained within other selectors. For instance:

ul a:link, ul a:visited, ul a:active {
   font: bold 11pt Arial; color: #9cf;
   text-decoration: none }
.showme a:link, .showme a:visited, .showme a:active {
   font: bold 11pt arial; background: navy; color: lime;
   text-decoration: none; padding: 3 }

That declaration will apply the style to all links within an unordered list ( UL ) element, as well as to elements whose class attribute is set to showme.

A

active, hover, visited