Styling for :visited
has been significantly curtailed to prevent security loopholes, see this this from mozilla
Indeed, :visited
and :link
items can only be styled by color (SEC7115)
Question
There are many examples of the following before pseudo technique. But for whatever reason, I'm not seeing the checkmark in Safari and Chrome. Anyone know what is wrong?
CSS
a:visited:before {
content: "\2713 ";
}
Webpage content
<a href="http://www.microsoft.com" target="_blank">is a link</a>
Solution
Styling for :visited
has been significantly curtailed to prevent security loopholes, see this this from mozilla
Indeed, :visited
and :link
items can only be styled by color (SEC7115)
OTHER TIPS
This is because it was almost remove (but some styles such as colors) to prevent security flaws. It was possible to read your whole browser history with.
A small script could easily create links and then check if it has been visited by looking at the style.
More explanation :