Pseudo Selector

Apply styles to a user activated state of an element.

If used, must be declared in a specific order in the style sheet.

General Purpose Pseudo-Selector:

hover Element with mouse over

Specific to hyperlinks (and/or buttons)

a:active A link or button that is currently being clicked on.

a:link A link that has NOT been visited yet.

a:visited A link that HAS been visited.