how to determine if a link has been visited

If i reference a link in java script, is there a way to test if its been
visited or not? I need to highlight the link in code but once the highlight
is moved off the link i want to restore its proper color based on if its
been visited or not.
Thanks
Eric

"Eric" <nospam (AT) email (DOT) com> wrote

If i reference a link in java script, is there a way to test if its been
visited or not? I need to highlight the link in code but once the
highlight
is moved off the link i want to restore its proper color based on if its
been visited or not.
Thanks
Eric

highlight the link by setting a classname to it, and use css to set the
color for that particular class. Once highlighting is not required any
longer, remove the classname. The link will then adopt it's original state.

I made a little example where I have a button that higlights a link with
color and backgroundcolor when clicked, and then removes the higlight when
clicked again. And sure enough, before visiting the link, when the highlight
was removed the link color changed back to the blue it was, but when I
visited the link and went back, did the higlight again, this time the link
changed back to purple which means a visited link. Tested on IE and Firefox.

Heres my example page:
http://www.outolempi.net/hilite.html


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If i reference a link in java script, is there a way to test if its been
visited or not? I need to highlight the link in code but once the
highlight
is moved off the link i want to restore its proper color based on if its
been visited or not.
Thanks
Eric


highlight the link by setting a classname to it, and use css to set the
color for that particular class. Once highlighting is not required any
longer, remove the classname. The link will then adopt it's original
state.

I made a little example where I have a button that higlights a link with
color and backgroundcolor when clicked, and then removes the higlight when
clicked again. And sure enough, before visiting the link, when the
highlight was removed the link color changed back to the blue it was, but
when I visited the link and went back, did the higlight again, this time
the link changed back to purple which means a visited link. Tested on IE
and Firefox.

Heres my example page:
http://www.outolempi.net/hilite.html


Thanks, I'll try out that method and see if it works

Eric