Using the :link and :visited Selectors
Description
The :link selector matches hyperlinks
and the :visited selector matches visited hyperlinks.
- :link
Selects link elements.
CSS Version 1 - :visited
Selects link elements that the user has visited.
CSS Version 1
Only some properties can be applied to links using the :visited selector. You can change the colors and the font, but that's about it.
Example
The following code shows the :link and :visited selectors.
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
<style type="text/css">
:link {<!--from w w w. ja va 2s. c om-->
border: thin black solid;
background-color: lightgrey;
padding: 4px;
color: red;
}
:visited {
background-color: grey;
color: white;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<a href="http://java2s.com">Visit the website</a>
<p>
I like <span>HTML</span>.
</p>
<a href="http://w3c.org">Visit the W3C website</a>
</body>
</html>