[thelist] rollover effect for links

Miles Tillinger miles.tillinger at intecgroup.com.au
Thu Feb 13 17:24:01 CST 2003


I wondered the same thing!

>From W3.org:

"The :focus pseudo-class applies while an element has the focus (accepts
keyboard events or other forms of text input)."

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michele Foster [mailto:michele at wordpro.on.ca]
> Sent: Friday, February 14, 2003 2:52 AM
> To: thelist at lists.evolt.org
> Subject: Re: [thelist] rollover effect for links
>
> When exactly is a:focus triggered?  I don't think I've ever seen it in use
> .. but maybe I've missed it. Or is it triggered when "tabbing" through a
> page?  Do all modern browsers recognize it, if styled?  Would it even be
> wise to change it's style from the default?  Perhaps I'm confused. :)
>
> Mich
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: ".jeff" <jeff at members.evolt.org>
>
> > it should actually be:
> >
> > a:link
> > a:visited
> > a:hover
> > a:focus
> > a:active
> >
> > if you don't define focus and active last, then the colors you specify
> for
> > either of those won't display when you click on the link.  instead, the
> > hover pseudo class color definition will be displayed instead (if
> > specified).
>
>
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