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<title>:active pseudo-class</title>
<style type="text/css"><![CDATA[a:active { background-color : lime }]]></style>
<link rel="author" title="Ian Hickson" href="mailto:ian@hixie.ch"/>
<link rel="help" href="https://www.w3.org/TR/css3-selectors/#selectors"/> <!-- bogus link to make sure it gets found -->
<meta name="flags" content=" interact" />
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<p>The background color of <a href="#foo">the anchor</a>
should turn to green when it is activated and come back to
normal when it is released.</p>
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