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Asked: June 8, 20262026-06-08T23:05:18+00:00 2026-06-08T23:05:18+00:00

I want to change a link color on active. So I use :active CSS

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I want to change a link color on active. So I use :active CSS method but it is not working fine in ie8 and ie9. working fine in rest of the browser.

<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<style>
a { display:inline-block; font-size:14px; color:#FFFFFF; border-radius:10px; background:#F00}

a span { display:block; padding:15px;}

a:active { background:#00F}

</style>

</head>

<body>
<a href="#"><span>mylink</span></a>

</body>
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    2026-06-08T23:05:22+00:00Added an answer on June 8, 2026 at 11:05 pm

    Change to…

    a:active, a:focus { background:#00F}
    

    http://jsfiddle.net/dRE7c/1/

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