a:active in CSS

[estrellas]

Hi guys -
I'm working with dreamweaver to do a website and stuff .. and I'm trying to make it so when a user is on a page, the link is hilighted a different color, then when he gets off that page, it goes to the a:visited color.

as far as i know, the command for it in the css sheet is a:active ... this doesn't work though .. here's my css .. any reasons why and any help would be totally appreciated. thanks much!

.menu a{
	display: block;
	font-variant: normal;
	font-weight: normal;
	font-size: 11px;
	position: relative;
	border-color: #6633FF;
	text-align: center;
}
td#menu a:hover {
	background-color: #8DAAF3;
	border-color: #6633FF;
	color: #00229D !important;
}
td#menu a:visited {
	color: #00229D !important;
	border-color:#6633FF;
}
td#menu a:active {
	color: #00229D !important;
	background-color: #8DAAF3;
}

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[ChrisHirst]

are the

 bits in your style sheet ???



Chris.

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[estrellas]

uhh .. no .. i'm not retarded ... idid the

 tags around it cos i wasn't sure if the forum took [php] or [code] ......................

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[ChrisHirst]

Had to ask. wouldn't be the first time

however I don't suppose having !important; in the definition does much for the CSS syntax.



Chris.

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http://www.cram-system.com

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[estrellas]

i dont' wanna get too mad or mean here .. but sorry hun .. !important does a lot for CSS .. maybe next time only post if you're 100% sure about something? i dunno .. whatever. thanks for trying though cheers

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[ChrisHirst]

but after all that you would be better assigning a class to the a element


a.menu:link {... etc
and use <a class="menu" ... etc

because each element on a page should have a unique id attribute and by using td#menu you would have to have ALL your <td>s with a menu link in to have the attribute id="menu".



Chris.

Indifference will be the downfall of mankind, but who cares?

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http://www.cram-system.com

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So long, and thanks for all the fish.

 

[lebisol]

aghhhhh estrellas
don't bite the hand that feeds you!
I know that ChrisHirst will not say much in his defence here but I can't let this one go knowing how many great posts he has contributed....soooo
maybe YOU should post next time only when ur 100% sure how tags get processed here....besides, did u not see the link "Process TGML" 0.5 cm above Submit button?


In other words, sometimes we all rush into posting...

Chris gave u good advice....assign elements to cells/rows since u would end up with all of your TDs rolling over throuhgout the page.
Also, u might consider differnt approach to each link in a manner of a block vs. using table parts.
Take a look at quick & dirty sample:

http://mostarnet.com/tutorials/CSS/CSS_Based_Rollovers.html

take it:

http://mostarnet.com/tutorials/CSS/rollover.css

All the best!

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