Thanks, David. I've looked at the website you suggested, and will now devote myself to some serious study. Thank you very much for your help. Dave
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David Hucklesby Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2009 10:18 AM To: David Christiansen Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [css-d] Nav bar "you are here" color won't stick in 2nd level navigation bar David Christiansen wrote: [...] > > Can someone please take a look at my working website and give me a > clue as to how to get the second level nav bar to indicate the active > page? > > The website is: > > www.dollchris.com > > It looks like you are hoping that the a:active declaration targets the current page. It doesn't - it applies only to a link while it is being activated ("pressed"). FWIW - Older Internet Explorer versions have some bizarre behavior with this. First, it acts more like a:focus - but a:focus was not supported. Second, the ":active" state would often "stick" - which is what probably led you to believe that it targets the "active page." Here are some ideas: <http://www.websiteoptimization.com/speed/tweak/current/> Cordially, David -- ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [[email protected]] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/ ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [[email protected]] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
