> I need to let a link that became active serve as a triggering event > for the link's parent. I would like to know is "active" an event that > can be added? If so, what is the exact name?
In most browsers, CSS :active fires on (what JS would see as) all mousedown on the link, and the link will become in-:active both on a mouseout and on a mouseup. So work with those three events. An example of your efforts in jsFiddle will make it easier to get help. -- Sandy
