Comments on: Dotted Border in active links - Firefox http://www.mediasurgery.co.uk/2007/09/07/dotted-border-in-active-links-firefox/ Just another WordPress weblog Sun, 7 Sep 2008 18:33:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Mystery Stranger http://www.mediasurgery.co.uk/2007/09/07/dotted-border-in-active-links-firefox/#comment-154 Mystery Stranger Wed, 21 Nov 2007 13:35:02 +0000 http://www.mediasurgery.co.uk/2007/09/07/dotted-border-in-active-links-firefox/#comment-154 I realise this is a bit late now but it may still be worth mentioning... In Firefox (and pretty much every browser except IE) you want <strong>:focus</strong> not <strong>:active</strong>. More importantly the dotted outline is used for accessibility reasons - try tabbing through a site and you'll see the outline provides feedback on which links are selected (or focused). However this being a Firefox issue you can easily remove the outline and then style the :focus state of a link to provide even nicer feedback. I realise this is a bit late now but it may still be worth mentioning…

In Firefox (and pretty much every browser except IE) you want :focus not :active.

More importantly the dotted outline is used for accessibility reasons - try tabbing through a site and you’ll see the outline provides feedback on which links are selected (or focused). However this being a Firefox issue you can easily remove the outline and then style the :focus state of a link to provide even nicer feedback.

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