active link

[php_member]

I have one beginner question. How to keep a style for active link also when you click out? It works now in a way that it shows style for active when I click on the link, but when I leave the click it turns again to normal style.

Is the only way to do this to make if statement? like this:
if ($_SERVER['PHP_SELF'])=="/inbox.php") {echo "font-weight: bold;";}

Thank you

[simonuk]

You would create a class for a:hover and also a class for the active link. As an example:

#menu a:hover, .active {background-color:tan;}

Then if they user hovered or clicked the link as long as the new page navigation used the .active class it would remain the same.

[php_member]

I did like you said, but still nothing. Below is my code. Do you have any idea what is wrong? tnx

a.inbox:link {color: #666666; text-decoration: underline; font-family: arial; font-size: 17px;}
a.inbox:visited {color: #666666; text-decoration: underline; font-family: arial; font-size: 17px;}
a.inbox:hover {color: #666666; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; font-family: arial; font-size: 17px;}
a.inbox:active {color: #666666; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; font-family: arial; font-size: 17px;}

<div id="newmessages">
<a class="inbox" href="<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']."?p=new" ?>">New messages</a>
</div>
<div id="alreadychecked">
<a class="inbox" href="<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']."?p=read" ?>">Already checked</a>
</div>
<div id="sent">
<a class="inbox" href="<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']."?p=send" ?>">Sent</a>
</div>
<div id="newmessage">
<a class="inbox" href="<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']."?p=write" ?>">Write a message</a>
</div>

[DrDoc]

Welcome to WebmasterWorld!

I have a feeling you mean something completely different by

active

than what it actually does.

An

active

link is only

active

while it is being clicked. It has nothing to do with the page you are currently on. For that, throw another little PHP snippet on that adds a secondary class:

current

. Then style that differently.

[php_member]

Thank you, I misunderstood the meaning of active.