Use of link, alink, and vlink - need "good" example for my APEX app

Question

Hi anyone,
I have a report with values in the "Last Name" column that links to another page (page 4) that opens when any last name in the said column is clicked on. However, before the last name link is clicked on its color is blue; but I want the link color to change to green after it is clicked on and the linked page opens; and I want the link to change to purple after the linked page is closed (visited link). Can someone provide a simple step by step example of how I can implement this in my app.
I tried looking at some posts that are similar but I am somewhat confused.
Thanks in anticipation for any assistance.
Ric

Answer 1

Hi Ric,
This can be done by using CSS styles. There are several ways of accomplishing this.
If you want ALL links on your page to use the same colors put something like this in the HTML header of your page:
<style>
a:link    { color:blue; }
a:visited { color:purple;}
a:active  { color:blue;}
a:hover   { color:blue; }
</style>This allows you to define the colors for the four different states of a link.
If you want specific links to use this coloring and not affect other links on your pages, you'll have to add a class to the styles (you can choose your own classname of course):
<style>
.custom_link a:link    { color:blue; }
.custom_link a:visited { color:purple;}
.custom_link a:active  { color:blue;}
.custom_link a:hover   { color:blue; }
</style>Next, add the classname to the link attributes in your report.
class="custom_link"Hope this helps...
Rob