Don t change link color when a link is clicked

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I have a link in an HTML page    lt a href   foo  gt foo lt  a gt    The color of the link text is originally blue  When the link is clicked  the color of the link text changes to Red first  and then changes back to Blue  I want to the color of the link text not to change when user clicks on it  How can I make it happen   I tried   a active       color  none      in CSS  but got no luck   And I don t want to use this in CSS   a active       color  blue        because the original color of the link text can be some other than blue   Thanks   Edit  the page is displayed on iPhone browser  and I want to make a active to keep the original link text color

User · Answer

just give   a  color blue     even if its is visited it will always be blue

User · Answer

Don t over complicate it  Just give the link a color using the  tags  It will leave a constant color that won t change even if you click it  So in your case just set it to blue  If it is set to a particular color of blue just you want to copy  you can press  print scrn  on your keyboard  paste in paint  and using the color picker shaped as a dropper  pick the color of the link and view the code in the color settings

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you are looking for this   a visited    color blue      Links have several states you can alter    the way I remember them is LVHFA  Lord Vader s Handle Formerly Anakin   Each letter stands for a pseudo class   Link Visited Hover Focus Active   a link    color blue    a visited    color purple    a hover    color orange    a focus    color green    a active    color red      If you want the links to always be blue  just change all of them to blue   I would note though on a usability level  it would be nice if the mouse click caused the color to change a little bit  even if just a lighter darker blue  to help indicate that the link was actually clicked  this is especially important in a touchscreen interface where you re not always sure the click was actually registered   If you have different types of links that you want to all have the same color when clicked  add a class to the links   a foo  a foo link  a foo visited  a foo hover  a foo focus  a foo active    color green    a bar  a bar link  a bar visited  a bar hover  a bar focus  a bar active    color orange      It should be noted that not all browsers respect each of these options  -

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I think this suits perfect for any color you have   a       color  inherit

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You need to use an explicit color value  e g   000 or blue  for the color-property  none is invalid here  The initial value is browser-specific and cannot be restored using CSS  Keep in mind that there are some other pseudo-classes than  active  too

[css] Don't change link color when a link is clicked

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