:active - HTML CSS CSS Selector

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Description

The :active selector selects the active element. An element is active when you click on it.

The :active selector can be used on all elements, not only links.

Use the :link selector to select links to unvisited pages.

Use the :visited selector to select links to visited pages.

Use the :hover selector to select links when you mouse is over them.

:active must come after :hover if present in the CSS definition.

Example

Select and style a <p>, <h1> and <a> element when you click on it:

Click on the paragraphs, headers, and links to see what is getting a style.

Demo Code

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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
p:active, h1:active, a:active{
    background-color: yellow;
}
</style><!--   w  w  w .jav a  2  s .c  o  m-->
</head>
<body>

<h1>Welcome to My Homepage</h1>

<div class="intro">
  <h2 id="myId">this is a test</h2>
  <p id="myElement">this is a paragraph</p>
  <p>I <b>like</b> css</p>
</div>

<h2>Links:</h2>
<p>Here are my favorite websites:</p>
<a href="https://www.java2s.com">java2s.com</a>
<a href="http://www.google.com" target="_blank">google.com</a>
<a href="http://www.wikipedia.org" target="_top">wikipedia.org</a>
</body>
</html>

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