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user2331095
user2331095

Reputation: 6707

css - all link's color change when set a:visited in IE8

Here is my css about a element. All browser works well except IE8. In IE8, all of my link's color change to $color-purple, no matter whether they are clicked or not.

a {
    cursor: pointer;
    text-decoration: none;
    color: $color-blue;

    &:hover, &:focus {
        color: $color-blue-dark;
    }

    &:visited {
        color: $color-purple;
    }
}

Anyone know how to fix it ?

Thanks!

Upvotes: 1

Views: 412

Answers (1)

delta88
delta88

Reputation: 31

The :visited pseudo class has been disabled to prevent "sniffing" for which sites a visitor has been to in the past; this was regarded as a privacy concern.

You could check the computed styles for a link and look at the color, if it had the :visited color, you could infer that the user had been to that site before.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ie/cc848869(v=vs.85).aspx

The problem might also be that you've visited the link destinations in the past? To test, clear your browser history.

Upvotes: 2

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