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You can set the color of an individual link or set of links on a page (rather than a global change to the style of all links on Wikipedia) as follows. Setting styles in this way will apply to everyone who views those particular links or that particular page, not just you. However, links intended for readers should never be manually colored.
Normal internal links are not in class internal (they used to be, and still are on sites that use an older version of the software, e.g. ); they can be styled referring to : link and : link: visited, in general, after which styling of : link. extiw etc. can provide for exceptions to this general style for links.
Unlike static CSS properties, the :hover pseudo-class targets an element only when a specific condition (hovering) is met. The styles are not applied at all times. The :hover pseudo-class can be applied to almost any HTML element. This includes text, images, buttons, and links. By using :hover, the appearance of these elements change dynamically.
It is best to choose background colors that offer sufficient contrast in relation to text and blue links, which is also the color of references, both of which are very common in most articles. Use the WCAG link contrast checker to ensure that the chosen background color offers the recommended WCAG AA level of contrast against normal text ...
This template takes three parameters: the color of the link, the article being linked to, and optional text to display as a piped link. {{colored link|purple|Page name to link|Alternative text}} → Alternative text. Use noinvert = yes to preserve the link color in dark mode:
{{Font color }} is how you insert colorized text, such as red, orange, green, blue and indigo, and many others. You can specify its background color at the same time. {{Font color }} is also how you can color wikilinks to something other than blue for when you need to work within background colors.
This fixes a cosmetic issue with Internet Explorer where a wikilink followed immediately by an in-text cite may cause the link and cite to be underlined together; not supported by IE6 and IE7 /* Add a zero-width space before the in-text citation */ sup . reference : before { content : "\200B" ; text-decoration : none ; }
Diff links: On history or watchlist pages, hover over diff links like "(cur)" or "(prev)" to get a summary of the difference; the Actions menu allows you to revert or undo the edit. User: links : information about the status of the user; User menu gives access to Talk page, recent contributions etc.