Styling different states of a link using CSS
Using CSS pseudo selectors, namely, :active, :hover, :link and :visited, we can style different states of a link. For proper functionality, the order of these selectors is given by:- :link, :visited, :hover, :active.
Syntax
The syntax of CSS text-indent property is as follows −
a:(pseudo-selector) {
/*declarations*/
}Example
The following examples illustrate the styling of different states of a link −
Live Demo
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
div {
margin-left: 20px;
display: flex;
float: left;
}
a:link {
color: navy;
text-decoration: none;
}
a:visited {
color: yellowgreen;
}
a:hover {
color: orange;
text-decoration: wavy underline;
}
a:active {
color: red;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div>
<div>
<a href="#">Demo link </a>
</div>
<div>
<a href="">Demo visited link</a>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>Output
This gives the following output −
On hovering the first link, we get the following output −
While clicking the second link, we get the following output −
Example
Live Demo
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
div {
display: flex;
float: left;
}
a {
margin: 20px;
padding: 10px;
border: 2px solid black;
text-shadow: -1px 0px black, 0px -1px black, 0px 1px black, 1px 0px black;
font-size: 1.1em;
}
a:link {
text-decoration: none;
}
a:visited {
color: blueviolet;
}
a:hover {
color: orange;
font-size: 150%;
font-weight: bold;
box-shadow: 0 0 5px 1px grey;
}
a:active {
color: red;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 15px red;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div>
<a href="#">Kapow!</a>
<a href="">Dishoom</a>
</div>
</body>
</html>Output
This gives the following output −
On hovering the first link, we get the following output −
During the click of the first link, the following output is returned.
Published on 06-Jan-2020 15:11:05
