CSS | :link Selector - GeeksforGeeks

The :link is used to target the unvisited link for styling not the links which is already visited. For styling on visited use “:visited“, for styling on click use “:active” and for styling move mouse on link use “:hover”.

Syntax:

:link {
  //property
}

Example:

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html> 
  
<head> 
    <style> 
        a:link { 
            background-color: limegreen; 
        } 
    </style> 
</head> 
  
<body> 
    <h3>Unvisted links.</h3> 
    <a href="https://ide.geeksforgeeks.org/">Geeks for Geeks</a> 
</body> 
  
</html> 

Output:

Supported Browsers:

Google Chrome 4.0
Edge 7.0
Firefox 2.0
Safari 3.1
Opera 9.6

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