How to do inline CSS A:visited ? 1

[Sheco]

What is the syntax for setting inline style of the visited pseudo-class?

I mean something like:[tt]
<a href="#" style="[red]??????[/red]">click here</a>[/tt]

What can I put in place of the the red question marks to define the visited style for this one link only?

 

[vacunita]

You can't define styles for the state of an object inline.

You either need to do it in an external CSS style sheet. Or in a style block in the same page.

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[Sheco]

Bleh, I was afraid of that.

 

[BillyRayPreachersSon]

Why would you want to do this? That way, you're adding page weight to those browsers that cannot decipher CSS. Using a linked CSS would be best, IMHO.

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[ChrisHunt]

What can I put in place of the the red question marks to define the visited style for this one link only?

You need to do this in your HTML:

<a href="#" class="special">click here</a>

and this in your CSS

a.special:visited { color: red; }

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[kaht]

for this one link only?

To expand on Chris's answer, if you know it's going to be for that one link only, then it would probably be a better idea to give the anchor an id, and assign the style by referencing that id:

<style type="text/css">
a[!]#[/!]special:visited { color: red; }
</style>
<a href="#" [!]id[/!]="special">click here</a>

I find classes to be better suited for styles that need to be applied to a select few elements. For individual styles I just reference that element's id.


-kaht

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