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CSS How to Make a Website Customizing Colors and Fonts Use Color in CSS

Posted by foobarbaz
foobarbaz
4,977 Points

It seemed like when I typed nav { color: #fff; } even when I would visit the link it would stay white.

Was it really necessary to add nav a:visited to keep the links white? They didn't change even if I visited them before I added that piece of code.

1 Answer

Austin Whipple
Austin Whipple
29,725 Points
Austin Whipple
Austin Whipple
29,725 Points

Very likely yes. Different browsers behave differently when dealing with default links styles, but many override any colors not set on the :visited state with purple for visited links.

foobarbaz
foobarbaz
4,977 Points

Thanks!