Anchor Pseudo-classes

Pseudo-classes can be assigned to the A element to display links, visited links and active links differently. The anchor element can give the pseudo-classes link, visited, or active. A visited link could be defined to render in a different color and even a different font size and style.

An interesting effect could be to have a currently selected (or "active") link display in a slightly larger font size with a different color. Then, when the page is re-selected the visited link could display in a smaller font size with a different color. The sample style sheet might look like this:

A:link    { color: red }
A:visited { color: green; font-size: 85% }
A:active  { color: blue; font-size: 125% }