submit input doesn't get the :active state in IE8 when I click on the button’s text

Question

In IE8 if I click exactly on the text-value on a submit button, it doesn\'t get the properties from the input:active CSS selector.

But if I click elsewh

Answer 1

you can achieve this by applying input:focus to your input:active selector declaration:

input:active,input:focus{background-color:#000}

applying :active and :focus together are great for ui/ux/etc.... a lot of things.