// Links // // Hyperlinks are used to allow the user to navigate to other resources or to // download a resource. // // The order of link states are based on Eric Meyer's article: // http://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2007/06/11/who-ordered-the-link-states // // :visited - A link that has already been visited. // :hover - A link that is being hovered over. // :focus - A link that has been given keyboard focus. // :active - A link that is being actively clicked. a, %link { color: var(--color-link); } // Any element can receive focus, but only links can be visited, so we can // safely lower this selector's specificity. This also ensures visited links // with additional styles won't have their styles overridden. :visited { color: var(--color-link-visited); } a:hover, a:focus { color: var(--color-link-hover); } a:active { color: var(--color-link-active); } // Remove underline from links to current page to // indicate that there is no need to click on it. [aria-current] { text-decoration: none; } .link-nav, %link-nav { a { text-decoration: none; &:hover, &:focus { text-decoration: underline; } } } // Inverted links, for dark backgrounds. .link-inverted, %link-inverted { a { color: var(--color-link-inverted); &:visited { color: var(--color-link-visited-inverted); } &:hover, &:focus { color: var(--color-link-hover-inverted); } &:active { color: var(--color-link-active-inverted); } } }