jquery highlight the link when clicked

Question

How do I use jquery to highlight the link when I click on it?

For example, when I click on the link class1_1, I want to make this link red (or another color).

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Answer 1

You can do it using the CSS pseudo-class active. It adds special style to an activated element.

For example you can do this:

a: active { color: red; }

Be careful, a:active MUST come after a:hover in the CSS definition in order to be effective!!