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JS & DOM Reference

Overview

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Body aLink Property

Body Object

Definition and Usage

The aLink property sets or returns the value of the alink attribute of the body element.

The alink attribute specifies the color of an active link in a document (a link is activated when it is clicked).

Syntax

Set the aLink property:

bodyObject.aLink="color"

Return the aLink property:

bodyObject.aLink

Value	Description
color	Specifies the link color. Look at CSS Color Values for a complete list of possible color values

Browser Support

The aLink property is supported in all major browsers.

Example

Return the colors for links, active links, and visited links on a page:

<html>
<body id="w3s" link="blue" alink="green" vlink="red">

<p><a href="http://www.w3schools.com">W3Schools.com</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.w3schools.com/html/">HTML Tutorial</a></p>

<script>
document.write("Link color is: ")
document.write(document.getElementById("w3s").link);
document.write("<br>Active link color is: ")
document.write(document.getElementById("w3s").aLink);
document.write("<br>Visited link color is: ")
document.write(document.getElementById("w3s").vLink);
</script>

</body>
</html>

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Body Object