<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN"> <html> <head> <title>:active pseudo-class</title> <style type="text/css">a:active { background-color : lime }</style> <link rel="first" href="css3-modsel-1.html" title="Groups of selectors"> <link rel="prev" href="css3-modsel-18b.html" title=":hover pseudo-class"> <link rel="next" href="css3-modsel-20.html" title=":focus pseudo-class"> <link rel="last" href="css3-modsel-d5e.html" title="NEGATED :indeterminate with :checked"> <link rel="up" href="./index.html"> <link rel="top" href="../../index.html"> </head> <body> <p>The background color of <a href="#foo">the anchor</a> should turn to green when it is activated and come back to normal when it is released.</p> </body> </html>