Deprecated
This feature has been removed from the Web standards. Though some browsers may still support it, it is in the process of being dropped. Avoid using it and update existing code if possible; see the compatibility table at the bottom of this page to guide your decision. Be aware that this feature may cease to work at any time.
Summary
Gets/sets the color of links that the user has visited in the document.
Syntax
color = document.vlinkColor document.vlinkColor =color
Parameters
color
is a string representing the color as a word (e.g., "red") or hexadecimal value (e.g., "#ff0000
").
Notes
The default value for this property in Mozilla Firefox is purple (#551a8b
in hexadecimal).
document.vlinkColor
is deprecated in DOM Level 2 HTML.
The recommended alternative is to get/set the color of the CSS :visited
pseudo-class on HTML anchor (<a>) links (e.g., a:visited {color:red;}
).
Another alternative is document.body.vLink
, although this is deprecated in HTML 4.01 in favor of the CSS alternative.