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Current CSS standards allow for the independent styling of links based on the client history using the visited link pseudo-class. This allows designers to indicate which links the visitor has been to previously. However, visitors need to not only know where they have been, but where they are and where they are going as well. Web designers need a way to conveniently style a link based on the clients current URI in order to create more useful menus and bread-crumb trails as well as indicate whether a link is pointing out of the current site. | Current CSS standards allow for the independent styling of links based on the client history using the visited link pseudo-class. This allows designers to indicate which links the visitor has been to previously. However, visitors need to not only know where they have been, but where they are and where they are going as well. Web designers need a way to conveniently style a link based on the clients current URI in order to create more useful menus and bread-crumb trails as well as indicate whether a link is pointing out of the current site. | ||
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===== Solution ===== | ===== Solution ===== | ||
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The current link pseudo-class selector would have the following pattern: | The current link pseudo-class selector would have the following pattern: | ||
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- | + | Matches element | |
- | E: | + | |
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- | Matches element E if E is the source anchor of a hyperlink of which the target matches the clients current URI if no number (n) is included or matches up to the directory level indicated by n. A value of n=0 compares only the top level domain. | + | |
So, given the links: | So, given the links: | ||
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- | 1- <a href=”http:// | + | - '' |
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- | 2- <a href=”http:// | + | |
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- | 3- <a href=”http:// | + | |
and the styles | and the styles | ||
- | 1- a:current {} | + | - '' |
+ | - '' | ||
+ | - '' | ||
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- | 2- a:current(0) {} | + | If the client' |
- | 3- a: | + | |
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- | 4- a: | + | |
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- | If the client' | + | |
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- | http:// | + | |
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- | Link 1 would receive style 2 | + | |
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- | Link 2 would receive style 3 | + | |
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- | Link 3 would receive style 1 and 3 | + | |
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- | Style 4 would NOT be applied | + | |
===== Use Cases ===== | ===== Use Cases ===== | ||
- | + | ; Site Navigation Menus : Site menus could be consistently styled based on the visitor' | |
- | Site Navigation Menus: Site menus could be consistently styled based on the visitor' | + | ; |
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- | Bread-crumb menus: Levels in a bread-crumb trail can be displayed based on the current page URI, eliminating the need to use server-side technology, JavaScript, or create separate instance for every page within the site. | + | |
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- | Internal/ | + | |