Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide

Name

:active — IE4 Y/Y | IE5 Y/Y | NN4 N/N | Op3 N/-

Synopsis

This pseudo-class applies to hyperlinks, but not named anchors. It sets the styles to be used at the moment a hyperlink is being selected (e.g., clicked).

Example

A:active {color: red; background: yellow;}

Values

n/a

Default

n/a

Inherited

yes

Applies to

anchor elements with an HREF attribute