- From: Tonico Strasser <tonico@hotpop.com>
- Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2004 15:11:21 +0200
- To: Anne van Kesteren <fora@annevankesteren.nl>
- Cc: W3C CSS List <www-style@w3.org>
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
Received on Tuesday, 27 July 2004 08:55:59 UTC