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Peter t.
1,736 PointsChecked VS Focus
Hey guys! I wonder what difference is there between :focus and :checked pseudo classes? As far as I understood :focus allows to modify appearance of an element that has been activated by a user (or simply clicked on). Seems like :checked does the same however is restricted to forms only.
3 Answers
Dave McFarland
Treehouse Teacher:checked is for radio buttons and checkboxes
:focus works with links, text form elements, select menus, text areas, buttons and any element with a tabindex attribute. Try this little experiment
- Create a new web page and add a paragraph like this:
<p tabindex="1">
Then add this CSS:
p:focus { background-color: red; }
Preview the page in Chrome (not sure this works in ALL browsers) and press the tab button. The paragraph should turn red.
:active applies to any tag that is clicked (but only when it's being clicked. Add this CSS to a page and click anywhere on the page:
:active { background-color: red; }
Calvin Nix
43,828 PointsHey Artem,
I believe that the :checked pseudo class is restricted to items that are "checkable".
e.g. checkboxes or radio buttons
So you are correct in how checked is restricted :)
Peter t.
1,736 PointsThanks for the clarification. I wasn't familiar with a taxindex attribute before, now it makes some sense