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Learn how to style HTML hypertext links in CSS with visited, hover, active and focus pseudo-classes. In this CSS tutorial, we will style hypertext links to indicate visited, hover, active and focus.

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How to Style HTML hypertext links in CSS with visited, hover, active and focus

(00:00) Intro
(00:05) Welcome
(00:25) Setup
(01:51) Typography styles also apply to links
(02:42) Default link styles
(03:38) Removing the underline
(04:16) Cursor options
(04:57) Link color
(05:32) visited pseudo-class
(06:14) hover pseudo-class
(07:08) active pseudo-class
(07:54) pseudo-class specificity
(09:07) Cascade order for the pseudo-classes
(10:14) focus pseudo-class
(10:59) A different link style approach
(11:54) Using hsl for a complimentary hover color
(13:47) Using transparency for hover
(15:46) Pseudo-classes can change other properties, too

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Github Themes VS Code Extension: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=GitHub.github-vscode-theme
W3C CSS Validator: https://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/
Specificity Calculator: https://specificity.keegan.st/

References:
MDN CSS: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS
MDN CSS Basics: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/Getting_started_with_the_web/CSS_basics
MDN CSS Selectors: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/CSS/Building_blocks/Selectors
MDN - How to Apply Colors to HTML Elements with CSS: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/color
MDN - CSS Values and Units: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/CSS/Building_blocks/Values_and_units
MDN - The Box Model: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/CSS/Building_blocks/The_box_model

Typography Resources:
MDN: Fundamental Text and Font Styling - https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/CSS/Styling_text/Fundamentals
CSSFontStack.com: Websafe Fonts - https://www.cssfontstack.com/
MDN: Styling Links - https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/CSS/Styling_text/Fundamentals

Color Resources:
Coolors Contrast Checker: https://coolors.co/contrast-checker/112a46-acc8e5
WebAIM Contrast Checker: https://webaim.org/resources/contrastchecker/
Coolors Palette Generator: https://coolors.co/
HTML Color Codes: https://htmlcolorcodes.com/

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