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CSS CSS Basics (2014) Understanding Values and Units Text Styles

Posted by gyatmnucla
gyatmnucla
7,618 Points

Links decoration

Hey !

Why do the links have no decoration when they are :visited, when we set the text-decoration: none on not visited ( a:link)

4 Answers

Máté Végh
Máté Végh
25,607 Points
Máté Végh
Máté Végh
25,607 Points

Hey,

"For privacy reasons, browsers strictly limit the styles you can apply using an element selected by this pseudo-class: only color, background-color, border-color, border-bottom-color, border-left-color, border-right-color, border-top-color, outline-color, column-rule-color, fill and stroke."

Full article here

So visited state always inherit it's value for text decoration from the unvisited state, and It can't be changed for privacy reasons.

gyatmnucla
gyatmnucla
7,618 Points

Thank you !

Máté Végh
Máté Végh
25,607 Points
Máté Végh
Máté Végh
25,607 Points

No problem! Note that if you apply any style for the :link (unvisited) state, it will also apply it to :visited, :hover, :focus and :active states as well. Except text color and border color to :visited state for some reason.

erdragerdragsson
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erdragerdragsson
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erdragerdragsson
erdragerdragsson
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i think the a:link sets the text-decoration: none; for every link, even if its visited

im not sure though, someone correct me, if im wrong!

Kind regards // erdrag.

Máté Végh
Máté Végh
25,607 Points
Máté Végh
Máté Végh
25,607 Points

That's right! I've declared the reason for it below.

gyatmnucla
gyatmnucla
7,618 Points
gyatmnucla
gyatmnucla
7,618 Points

Ok ! I wait for confirmation if someone is sure about it :)

Clifford Ng
Clifford Ng
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Clifford Ng
Clifford Ng
5,090 Points

a:link sets the decoration for unvisited links. It might have something to do with another section of your code or there is another stylesheet provided that isn't yours which overrides a:visited.