How do I get links to NOT be underlined ?

08-09-2004

How do I get links to *not* be underlined, and black instead of blue.

I read this would work by placing it between ,<head> and </head>, but it
doesn't:

<style>
A:link {color: #000000; text-decoration: none}
</style>

08-09-2004

"JD" <indyfladon(REMOVETHISPART)@yahoo.com> wrote:

> How do I get links to *not* be underlined, and black instead of blue.

We could tell you, but then we would have to...

> I read this would work by placing it between ,<head> and </head>, but
> it doesn't:
>
> <style>
> A:link {color: #000000; text-decoration: none}
> </style>

Well, get your money back then.

Hint: What you are asking for is one of the most common abuses of CSS.
What you had read is half-way successful in creating the damage.

So just stop trying it.

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08-09-2004

"JD" <indyfladon(REMOVETHISPART)@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:I0ERc.3427$...
> How do I get links to *not* be underlined, and black instead of blue.
>
> I read this would work by placing it between ,<head> and </head>, but it
> doesn't:
>
> <style>
> A:link {color: #000000; text-decoration: none}
> </style>
>
>
>
<style type="text/css">

</style>

the A:hover line is the key. Also, chance the color # to the one matching
blank (can't remember what it is).

LRH

08-09-2004

I apologize. My method only does this if you hover your mouse over the link.
If you want it to not be underlined at all period, you'd also have this:

A:LINK{ text-decoration : none; color:#000000}

LRH

"Larry R Harrison Jr" <> wrote in message
news

QERc.3634$yh.2231@fed1read05...
>
> "JD" <indyfladon(REMOVETHISPART)@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:I0ERc.3427$...
> > How do I get links to *not* be underlined, and black instead of blue.
> >
> > I read this would work by placing it between ,<head> and </head>, but it
> > doesn't:
> >
> > <style>
> > A:link {color: #000000; text-decoration: none}
> > </style>
> >
> >
> >
> <style type="text/css">
> 
> </style>
>
> the A:hover line is the key. Also, chance the color # to the one matching
> blank (can't remember what it is).
>
> LRH
>
>

08-09-2004

On Sun, 8 Aug 2004 23:36:51 -0700, Larry R Harrison Jr <>
declared in alt.html:

[Top-posting corrected]
>> <style type="text/css">
>> 
>> </style>
>>
> I apologize. My method only does this if you hover your mouse over the link.
> If you want it to not be underlined at all period, you'd also have this:
>
> A:LINK{ text-decoration : none; color:#000000}

Which is effectively what the OP already had, except he/she didn't
include the unnecessary cargo-cult HTML comments. You did get one thing
right, though - the OP is missing the required type attribute on the
style element. While IIRC most browsers will default to CSS if no type
is specified, this could be what is causing the problem. Of course,
there could be any number of other factors involved, and as usual a URL
is worth a thousand lines of example code.

BTW: Please don't post upside down.
http://www.allmyfaqs.com/faq.pl?How_to_post
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top-posting

This will help:
http://home.in.tum.de/~jain/software/oe-quotefix/

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08-09-2004

"JD" <indyfladon(REMOVETHISPART)@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:I0ERc.3427$...
> How do I get links to *not* be underlined, and black instead of blue.

The bigger question is "Why?"
"Links Want To Be Links"
http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/www/links.html

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08-09-2004

On Mon, 9 Aug 2004 01:35:01 -0400, "JD"
<indyfladon(REMOVETHISPART)@yahoo.com> wrote:

: How do I get links to *not* be underlined, and black instead of blue.

What a marvellous way to hide links. Why put it there?

Sid

08-09-2004

Sid Ismail wrote:

> On Mon, 9 Aug 2004 01:35:01 -0400, "JD"
> <indyfladon(REMOVETHISPART)@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> : How do I get links to *not* be underlined, and black instead of blue.
>
>
> What a marvellous way to hide links. Why put it there?
>
> Sid
>

What if it's a menu, and you are swapping the background colour/image in
CSS instead? What if they're not really links, but triggers for JS code?
Etc etc.

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08-09-2004

JD wrote:

> How do I get links to *not* be underlined, and black instead of blue.
>
> I read this would work by placing it between ,<head> and </head>, but it
> doesn't:
>
> <style>
> A:link {color: #000000; text-decoration: none}
> </style>
>
>
>

I does work - you must have done something wrong. Post a demo url and
I'll have a look for u.

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08-09-2004

SpaceGirl wrote:

> What if they're not really links, but triggers for JS code?

Then why use the <a/> element, which is meant for links?

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