Using CSS pseudo selectors, namely, :active, :hover, :link and :visited, we can style different states of a link. For proper functionality, the order of these selectors is given by:- :link, :visited, :hover, :active.
Syntax
The syntax of CSS text-indent property is as follows −
a:(pseudo-selector) { /*declarations*/ }
Example
The following examples illustrate the styling of different states of a link −
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <style> div { margin-left: 20px; display: flex; float: left; } a:link { color: navy; text-decoration: none; } a:visited { color: yellowgreen; } a:hover { color: orange; text-decoration: wavy underline; } a:active { color: red; } </style> </head> <body> <div> <div> <a href="#">Demo link </a> </div> <div> <a href="">Demo visited link</a> </div> </div> </body> </html>
Output
This gives the following output −
On hovering the first link, we get the following output −
While clicking the second link, we get the following output −
Example
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <style> div { display: flex; float: left; } a { margin: 20px; padding: 10px; border: 2px solid black; text-shadow: -1px 0px black, 0px -1px black, 0px 1px black, 1px 0px black; font-size: 1.1em; } a:link { text-decoration: none; } a:visited { color: blueviolet; } a:hover { color: orange; font-size: 150%; font-weight: bold; box-shadow: 0 0 5px 1px grey; } a:active { color: red; box-shadow: inset 0 0 15px red; } </style> </head> <body> <div> <a href="#">Kapow!</a> <a href="">Dishoom</a> </div> </body> </html>
Output
This gives the following output −
On hovering the first link, we get the following output −
During the click of the first link, the following output is returned.