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

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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

Well you could have an anchor that is just an anchor. For example,

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Which corrects your false assumption (albeit, an anchor isn't needed for the "top", but it's the most philosophically correct).

In addition, as Sarfraz said, a {} overrides all occurrences of other a: style properties if styled (and assuming the a {} is after the other a: declarations).