Why won't my visited link have a background color?

Question

It seems that a:visited won\'t work in showing background color on my links.

http://jsfiddle.net/davestein/D2srA/

What super simple thing am I missing?

Answer 1

it doesn't work for me if I do it like you do. But if I add every pseudo-class it works. E.g.:

a:link {color:#FF0000;}      /* unvisited link */
a:visited {color:#00FF00;}  /* visited link */
a:hover {color:#FF00FF; background-color:black;}  /* mouse over link */
a:active {color:#0000FF;}  /* selected link */