Re: [css3-selectors] May ':active' be applied to "normal" elements or not?

Anne van Kesteren wrote:
> 
> I believe that most browsers have ':active' implemented in a way that it 
> can be applied to every element, as in:
> 
>   p:active{
>    color:#000;
>    background:#ddd;
>   }
> 
> In Bugzilla a bug was reported[1] about a CSS3 test case[2], which 
> indicates that ':active' is probably only meant for form and hyperlink 
> elements, as in INPUT, A, LINK, AREA, BUTTON and probably more.
> 
> The CSS3 selector specification however, doesn't mention this 
> explicitly[3]:
> 
> # 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.
> 

CSS is not for HTML only. Maybe there is something about active elements 
in the HTML specs.

Tonico