a:link {color:#FF0000} /* unvisited link */ a:visited {color:#00FF00} /* visited link */ a:hover {color:#FF00FF} /* mouse over link */ a:active {color:#0000FF} /* se
You definitely can't do it with css.
With jQuery you could do something like
$("a").live("click", function() { $("a").removeClass("yourHighlightClass"); $(this).addClass("yourHighlightClass"); });