Active link property doesn't work---despite CSS

[crispy]

Can anyone tell me why on this page:
http://www.saneplanet.com/clients/nomadic/draft/past_prods.htm

the ACTIVE property for the links on the navbar don't show? The
visited, link, and hover work fine. But Active doesn't. I need it to
work so that it serves as a clue to the user on which page he is on.

Here's the CSS:


..navbar a:link {
background-color : #000;
display : block;
border : 1px solid #000;
padding : 2px 2px 2px 2px;
text-decoration : none;
width : 100%
}
..navbar a:visited {
background-color : #000;
border : 1px solid #000;
display : block;
padding : 2px 2px 2px 2px;
color : #fff;
text-decoration : none
}
..navbar a:hover {
background-color : #AD0000;
border : 1px solid #ffffff;
display : block;
padding : 2px 2px 2px 2px;
color : #fff;
text-decoration : none
}
..navbar a:active {
background-color : #AD0000;
display : block;
border : 1px solid #fff;
padding : 2px 2px 2px 2px;
color : #fff;
text-decoration : none;
width : 100%
}

 

[David Dorward]

the ACTIVE property for the links on the navbar don't show? The
visited, link, and hover work fine. But Active doesn't. I need it to
work so that it serves as a clue to the user on which page he is on.

That isn't what :active does. It triggers while the element is being
activated (e.g. while the user holds the mouse button down on a link)

 

[Steve Pugh]

Can anyone tell me why on this page:
http://www.saneplanet.com/clients/nomadic/draft/past_prods.htm

the ACTIVE property for the links on the navbar don't show?

They do, but as they're the same as :hover and as people using a mouse
to navigate would need to position the mouse over the link before
clicking there's not actually much to see.

The
visited, link, and hover work fine. But Active doesn't. I need it to
work so that it serves as a clue to the user on which page he is on.

The pseudo-class :active doesn't mean the current page, it means the
state of the link whilst it is being activated (e.g. on a typical set
up whilst the left mouse button is actually down).

Steve

 

[brucie]

the ACTIVE property for the links on the navbar don't show? The
visited, link, and hover work fine. But Active doesn't. I need it to
work so that it serves as a clue to the user on which page he is on.

<quote>
The :active pseudo-class applies while an element is being activated by
the user. For example, between the times the user presses the mouse
button and releases it.
</quote> http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-CSS2/selector.html#dynamic-pseudo-classes

 

[crispy]

Thanks for all your responses. Is there a way to keep the menu item
in a different color so it serves as a clue to the user on which page
he is on?

 

[brucie]

Is there a way to keep the menu item in a different color so it
serves as a clue to the user on which page he is on?

http://moreshit.bruciesusenetshit.info/menu/page1.html

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[MLC]

Il 08/dic/2003 brucie ha scritto:

http://moreshit.bruciesusenetshit.info/menu/page1.html

I like your Dead Bodies

BTW, I don't understand the purpose of the img src inside h1:
<h1>Home<img src="button-background01.jpg" width="1" height="1" alt=""><img
src="button-background02.jpg" width="1" height="1" alt=""><img
src="button-background03.jpg" width="1" height="1" alt=""></h1>
Is it to load all the images in memory, in order to have an instant access
to them when you use the buttons?
Thank you,

 

[brucie]

I like your Dead Bodies

i add more every day

BTW, I don't understand the purpose of the img src inside h1:
Is it to load all the images in memory, in order to have an instant access
to them when you use the buttons?

yes although some filters will bock them as webbugs so you may still get
a delay but its not as likely as someone have having JS off which would
screw up JS preloaders.

 

[MLC]

Il 08/dic/2003 brucie ha scritto:

i add more every day


yes although some filters will bock them as webbugs so you may still get
a delay but its not as likely as someone have having JS off which would
screw up JS preloaders.

Thank you. It was new to me, and seems a good idea.

 

[Mark Parnell]

Sometime around Mon, 8 Dec 2003 19:12:42 +1000, brucie is reported to have
stated:

http://moreshit.bruciesusenetshit.info/menu/page1.html

Very nice. I have been considering a server-side solution to this - making
them not a link, rather than a different colour, but this looks like a much
nicer solution.

 

[Wipkip]

While sitting in a puddle Mark Parnell scribbled in the mud:

Sometime around Mon, 8 Dec 2003 19:12:42 +1000, brucie is reported to
have stated:


Very nice. I have been considering a server-side solution to this -
making them not a link, rather than a different colour, but this looks
like a much nicer solution.

Here is the one I have on my polls.
http://wipkip.us/out/php_nav.zip

http://wipkip.biz/polls/index.php

 

[crispy]

Beautiful. Thanks. crispy

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