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Zette Harbour
Zette Harbour
1,891 Points
Posted by Zette Harbour
Zette Harbour
1,891 Points

selecting a state for nav links

Does anyone know why the syntax is nav a.selected not nav a:selected ?

nav a, nav a:visited { color: #000; }

nav a.selected, nav a:hover { color: #999

2 Answers

Ron McCranie
Ron McCranie
7,837 Points
Ron McCranie
Ron McCranie
7,837 Points

because the only pseudo-classes for anchors (a) are link, visited, hover, and active. The reason you're having to use .selected is because that is the class applied to the element and not a "state" native to the browser.