# CSS --\>hOW 2 MAINTAIN ROLLOVER AFTER VISITED

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/css-how-2-maintain-rollover-after-visited/183050>\
**Category:** web dev\
**Created:** [March 23, 2006, 11:21am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/css-how-2-maintain-rollover-after-visited/183050 "2006-03-23T11:21:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Zaid\_W1red](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cab0a1/32.png) [@Zaid\_W1red](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Zaid_W1red)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2006, 11:21am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/css-how-2-maintain-rollover-after-visited/183050/1 "2006-03-23T11:21:28Z")

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Hey guys,  
Is it possible to maintain the rollover effect of text links AFTER the link has been clicked??

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**Author:** ![kallisti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f0a364/32.png) [@kallisti](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kallisti)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2006, 11:38am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/css-how-2-maintain-rollover-after-visited/183050/2 "2006-03-23T11:38:10Z")

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make the visited state the same as your hover state?

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**Author:** ![Zaid\_W1red](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cab0a1/32.png) [@Zaid\_W1red](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Zaid_W1red)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2006, 11:40am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/css-how-2-maintain-rollover-after-visited/183050/3 "2006-03-23T11:40:32Z")

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Hey!

I didnt actually want to indicate which links have been visited so this wouldnt have helped…thanks for your reply though!

Eventually worked it out …just dont specify a visited state in the CSS 😛

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**Author:** ![bwh2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8c91f0/32.png) [@bwh2](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/bwh2)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2006, 4:01pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/css-how-2-maintain-rollover-after-visited/183050/4 "2006-03-23T16:01:20Z")

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```auto

linkclass a:hover, linkclass a:visited:hover {
 ...
}

```