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CSS Pseudo-class / Element

:visited

User Action

Applies styles to links that the user has already visited.

Syntax

a:visited { }

Example

a:visited { color: #a78bfa; }

Common use cases

  • Distinguishing visited from unvisited links
  • Improving navigation in content-heavy sites
  • Meeting accessibility guidelines for link states

Practical developer insight

For privacy reasons, browsers restrict which CSS properties :visited can change — only color, background-color, border-color, and outline-color are allowed.

Related

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