Document.linkColor

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Summary

linkColor gets/sets the color of links within the document.

Syntax

color = document.linkColor
document.linkColor = 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 blue (#0000ee in hexadecimal).

document.linkColor is deprecated in DOM Level 2 HTML.

Alternatives involve the use of the CSS color property on either HTML anchor (<a>) links (e.g., a {color:red;}) or :link pseudo-class (e.g., :link {color:red;}).

Another alternative is document.body.link, although this is deprecated in HTML 4.01.

Example

document.linkColor = "blue"; 

Specification

HTML5

See also

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