Is there a reason to use a instead of a:link or a:visited in my stylesheet?

Question

Can anyone tell me if there\'s any reason to use a {} instead of (or adjacent to) a:link, a:visited {} in my stylesheet? I\'ve had inconsistent re

Answer 1

a:link and a:visited have specific meanings. a by itself will affect all elements whereas a:link will only affect links that have not yet been visited and a:visited will only affect links that have been visited.