Detect if a link has been clicked and apply a different CSS class if it has

Question

So what I want to do is determine if the current link is \'active\', i.e. if this link was just clicked by the user.

If it is, then I want to apply the class=s

Answer 1

I believe you want the :focus pseudo-class.

a:focus {
    background-color : #000;
    color            : #fff;
}

Here's a jsfiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/jasper/xn7UW/