Chapter 5. Styling Links
The humble anchor link is the foundation of the World Wide Web. It is the mechanism that allows web pages to interconnect and people to explore and navigate. The default styling for anchor links is fairly uninspiring, but with a little sprinkling of CSS you can do some amazing things.
In this chapter you will learn about
Ordering your link selectors based on the cascade
Creating stylized link underlines
Styling external links using attribute selectors
Making links behave like buttons
Creating visited-link styles
Creating pure CSS tooltips
Simple link styling
The easiest way to style a link is to use the anchor type selector. For instance, this rule will make all anchors red:
a {color: red;}However, anchors can act as internal references ...
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