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Is this ">" a css feature or a typo??

Hello,

I see this line in a stylesheet

div.moduletable_bigMenu li > a:link, a:visited, a:hover, a:active {

Is that > a feature or a typo?

If it's a css feature, what does it do?

And can it be compared to a comma , that I sometimes see in css.

Thanks!

Rowby

Rowby Goren

ASKER

And to further show my ignorance

is

a

the same as a:link?

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Gary

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Gary

To the other bit :link is unvisited links as opposed to links that have been clicked.

Rowby Goren

ASKER

Ah, thanks.

And finally

is

a

the same as a:link?

Gary

See comment above.
Similar but not the same.
Just targeting a would make all links the same color whether visited or not.

Rowby Goren

ASKER

AHHHHHHH!

And that includes HOVER --- ALL links, right?

Rowby

Gary

If you didn't set any other state then it would include all states. I've never used it as I will generally just set a style for all links with no hover or visited (sometimes visited).

Rowby Goren

ASKER

If you don't set a style for no hover then will the browser default style kick in?

Gary

I just wanna clear something up (my inebriated state before interfered with my brain and fingers)

An anchor tag is not necessarily a link
<a>Hello</a>
is different from
<a href="somelink.html">Click Me</a>
See http://jsfiddle.net/vefh5/4/
a:link would not affect <a>Hello</a> because it is not a link.

Rowby Goren

ASKER

Thanks GaryC123!

Rowby

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