Name
ALINK — NN all IE all HTML 3.2
Synopsis
ALINK=”colorTripletOrName"Optional
Establishes the color of a hypertext link when it is activated (being
clicked on) by the user. This is one of three states for a link:
unvisited, active, and visited. The color is applied to the link text
or border around an image or object embedded within an
A element. This attribute is deprecated in favor
of the BODY:active
{color:}
style sheet rule (and the future :active
pseudo-class, as described in Chapter 10).
Example
<BODY ALINK="#FF0000">...</BODY>
Value
A hexadecimal triplet or plain-language color name. See Appendix A for acceptable plain-language color names.
Default
#FF0000 (in Navigator 4);
#000000 (in IE 4).
Object Model Reference
- NN
[window.]document.alinkColor
- IE
[window.]document.alinkColor
[window.]document.body.aLink
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