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Rewrite :visited rules to match reality, based on dbaron's spec. #2105

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Rewrite :visited rules to match reality, based on dbaron's spec.
tabatkins Dec 12, 2017
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Accept glazou's suggested wording tweak
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Merge branch 'master' into fix-visited
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Expand Up @@ -27,6 +27,12 @@ Ignored Vars: identifier, extended filtering
</pre>
<pre class=link-defaults>
spec:css-syntax-3; type:dfn; text:identifier
spec:css-color-4; type:property; text:color
spec:css-pseudo-4; type:selector;
text: ::first-line
text: ::first-letter
text: ::before
text: ::after
</pre>

<style>
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<h3 id="link">
The Link History Pseudo-classes: '':link'' and '':visited''</h3>

User agents commonly display unvisited <a href="#the-any-link-pseudo">hyperlinks</a>
User agents commonly render unvisited <a href="#the-any-link-pseudo">hyperlinks</a>
differently from previously visited ones.
Selectors provides the pseudo-classes
<dfn id='link-pseudo'>:link</dfn> and <dfn id='visited-pseudo'>:visited</dfn>
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* 'fill-color'
* 'stroke-color'

These are |el|’s <dfn lt=":visited style">:visited styles</dfn>.
These are |el|’s <dfn dfn lt=":visited style">:visited styles</dfn>.

4. If |el|’s <a>relevant link</a> is actually visited,
then for the <a>allowed :visited properties</a>,
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might affect the positions of <em>other</em> elements on the page;
lying about these knock-on effects to hide the styling
would be much more expensive for the user agent.
Limiting it just a handful of properties that can only apply colors
Limiting it to just a handful of properties that can only apply colors
ensures that as little information is leakable as possible.
</details>

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or at least that such urls are loaded at the same time
regardless of whether a link is visited or not.


<h3 id="the-local-link-pseudo">
The Local Link Pseudo-class: '':local-link''</h3>

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