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Anas Rida
8,183 Pointspseudo-class for selected
why wasn't a pseudo-class for selected links created and instead a normal class for just one link? many thanks
1 Answer
Jennifer Nordell
Treehouse TeacherBecause we don't really create pseudo classes. We just get to use them. Here are a list of available pseudo classes as documented by MDN https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/Pseudo-classes
Anas Rida
8,183 PointsAnas Rida
8,183 Pointsthank you for your reply. But then wouldn't we need to use the :active pseudo class for selected links for the example in the video, instead of creating a "selected" class for the top link only?
Jennifer Nordell
Treehouse TeacherJennifer Nordell
Treehouse TeacherThat would be amazing if we could do that. But alas, it only works during the button press or click. Between the mouse down and mouse up event the item becomes "active". So once you clicked on the link then released it... the link/page would no longer be active. Nice thought though! Here's some info on the active pseudo class.
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/:active