visited Pseudo-class

Sets the style of the anchor for previously visited links.

Syntax

HTML	[A]:visited { attribute1:parameter1 [; attribute2:parameter2 [; . . .]] }
Scripting	N/A

Possible Values

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

The default value is browser-specific.

Expressions can be used in place of the preceding value(s), as of Microsoft® Internet Explorer 5. For more information, see dynamic properties.

Remarks

The visited pseudo-class often is used with the active, link, and hover pseudo-elements to define the various states of a link.

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

Example

This example sets unvisited links to red and visited links to blue, and uses a colon (:) to specify a pseudo-class.

Sample Code

:link   { color: red }           // unvisited link
:visited  { color: blue }       // visited links

Applies To

[ Object Name ] Platform Version Win16: Win32: Mac: Unix: WinCE: Version data is listed when the mouse hovers over a link, or the link has focus.	HTML A Scripting N/A

See Also

active, hover, link

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