CODEWITHSUNDEEP
jquery
user1283226
user1283226

Reputation: 17

detect visited link with jquery

my css file has this

a:visited
{
color:red;
}

and my html page has this

<body>
<a href="http://www.w3schools.com">W3Sschools</a>
<div></div>
<a href="http://www.google.com">Google</a>
<div></div>
<a href="http://www.wikipedia.org">Wikipedia</a>
<div></div>
<script>
if($("a:visited").length){
$("a").next().html("this link is visited");
}
</script>
</body>

but it doesn't work .. so i tried another alternative in the script area

<script>
if($("a").css("color","red")){
$("a").next().html("this link is visited");
}
</script>

and it turns all my links in red even if they are not visited what's wrong with this !

Upvotes: 0

Views: 4251

Answers (1)

David M&#252;ller
David M&#252;ller

Reputation: 5351

This was a security flaw that has been fixed with modern browsers. It had been possible to spit out huge amounts of link lists in a hidden div and determine, if the user visited them or not.

So this way, you could practically sniff the users history, if you only check enough links. Neither checking for :visited, nor using the color check will do. Think of another way to do this without relying on :visited.

Upvotes: 4

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