a:active pseudo-class

[Andrew Thompson]

I would like to create a menu that uses the 'active'
pseudo-class to highlight the current page, but I
cannot get it to work.

The URL http://www.lensescapes.com/tst/nav/1.jsp
shows the attempts so far, there are links to 3 pages,
but (in IE6 and Mozilla?on XP) do not render the
link of the current page as yellow on blue.

What am I doing wrong, or is my understanding wrong?

--
Andrew Thompson

http://www.lensescapes.com/

http://www.physci.org/

http://www.1point1c.org/

[David Dorward]

Re: a:active pseudo-class

Andrew Thompson wrote:
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> I would like to create a menu that uses the 'active'
> pseudo-class to highlight the current page, but I
> cannot get it to work.[/color]
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> What am I doing wrong, or is my understanding wrong?[/color]

Your understanding is wrong.

http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS2/selector.html#dynamic-pseudo-classes

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.

--
David Dorward http://dorward.me.uk/

[Andrew Thompson]

Re: a:active pseudo-class

"David Dorward" <dorward@yahoo. com> wrote in message
news:bhflop$fdo $1$8300dec7@new s.demon.co.uk.. .[color=blue]
> Andrew Thompson wrote:
>[color=green]
> > I would like to create a menu that uses the 'active'
> > pseudo-class to highlight the current page, but I
> > cannot get it to work.[/color]
>[color=green]
> > What am I doing wrong, or is my understanding wrong?[/color]
>
> Your understanding is wrong.
>
> http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS2/selector.h...pseudo-classes
>
> The :active pseudo-class applies while an element is being activated by[/color]
the[color=blue]
> user. For example, between the times the user presses the mouse button and
> releases it.[/color]

Dang!

Thanks David. I'll look into a server-side solution..

--
Andrew Thompson

http://www.lensescapes.com/

http://www.physci.org/

http://www.1point1c.org/