How to Style HTML hypertext links in CSS with visited, hover, active and focus

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Learn how to style HTML hypertext links in CSS with visited, hover, active and focus pseudo-classes. In this CSS tutorial, we will style hypertext links to indicate visited, hover, active and focus.

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How to Style HTML hypertext links in CSS with visited, hover, active and focus

(00:00) Intro
(00:05) Welcome
(00:25) Setup
(01:51) Typography styles also apply to links
(02:42) Default link styles
(03:38) Removing the underline
(04:16) Cursor options
(04:57) Link color
(05:32) visited pseudo-class
(06:14) hover pseudo-class
(07:08) active pseudo-class
(07:54) pseudo-class specificity
(09:07) Cascade order for the pseudo-classes
(10:14) focus pseudo-class
(10:59) A different link style approach
(11:54) Using hsl for a complimentary hover color
(13:47) Using transparency for hover
(15:46) Pseudo-classes can change other properties, too

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