Use the CSS :active selector to style the active links. You can try to run the following code to implement the :active selector −
Example
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <style> a:active { background-color: orange; } </style> </head> <body> <a href = "https://qries.com">Welcome to Qries</a> <p>Click on the above link to see the effect.</p> </body> </html>