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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
 <head>
  <title>:active pseudo-class</title>
  <style type="text/css"><![CDATA[a:active { background-color : lime }]]></style>
  <link rel="first" href="css3-modsel-1.xml" title="Groups of selectors"/>
  <link rel="prev" href="css3-modsel-18b.xml" title=":hover pseudo-class"/>
  <link rel="next" href="css3-modsel-20.xml" title=":focus pseudo-class"/>
  <link rel="last" href="css3-modsel-d5e.xml" title="NEGATED :indeterminate with :checked"/>
  <link rel="up" href="./index.html"/>
  <link rel="top" href="../../index.html"/>
 </head>
 <body xmlns:a="http://www.example.org/a" xmlns:b="http://www.example.org/b" xmlns:html="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<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>
</body>
</html>