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Make dotted rectangle around just clicked link bolder

Discussion in 'Firefox, Thunderbird & SeaMonkey' started by broni, 2007/10/05.

  1. 2007/10/05
    broni

    broni Moderator Malware Analyst Thread Starter

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    Firefox/Vista
    When you open a link in a new tab, and then return to previous tab, a link you just clicked on has dotted rectangle around.
    To me is not visible well enough. I'd like to make it bolder (thicker), or maybe in different color.
    I think, it was a setting in "about:config ", but I can't find it.
    Any hints?
    Thanks
     
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  2. 2007/10/06
    Westside

    Westside Inactive Alumni

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    My WinXP does not have any dotted rectangle.
    Check your Options|Contents|Colors|Link Colors, and play with it. Default is blue for unvisited links, and black for visited.
    Not sure how well it works. I saw it change by website. And, god knows with Vista.
     
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  4. 2007/10/06
    broni

    broni Moderator Malware Analyst Thread Starter

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    Westside

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    I can see what you see, but does not mean that I will see the same, when I look at my links. I can cut down on the box (which comes up fleetingly) by unchecking the underline links.It works if I choose to use my colors. But, this applies to all the colors in webpage. A mess, in other words.
     
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  6. 2007/10/06
    broni

    broni Moderator Malware Analyst Thread Starter

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    I'm pretty sure, there was a setting in "about:config ", and maybe you have it set to disable, or "0" (whatever), and I don't.
    Ehh, just a minor thing. Maybe I have too much time on hand....LOOOOOOOOL
     
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  7. 2007/10/06
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    broni,

    My visited links don't have a dotted border either. Take a look at the thumbnail below. There are codes you can add to your userChrome.css file which allow you to change the color of the active tab, enlarge the active tab, completely remove the dotted border, etc.
    Code:
    /* Remove focus rings (dotted rectangle) around active tabs */
tab:focus > .tab-middle { -moz-outline: none !important }
    Code:
    /* Change color of active tab */
tab[selected= "true"] {
   background-color: #000000 !important;
   color: black !important;
}
    Code:
    /* Change color of normal tabs */
tab {
   background-color: rgb(200,196,188) !important;
   color: gray !important;
}
    Code:
    /* Make the active tab bold */
tab[selected= "true"] {
   font-weight: bold !important;
}
    Get more CSS codes here:

    http://www.supernova00.biz/userchrome.html
    http://jameselee.alwaysaskwhy.com/blog/2006/07/firefox_make_active_tab_more_visible.html
     
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  8. 2007/10/06
    broni

    broni Moderator Malware Analyst Thread Starter

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    Ha!!!!
    Finally, I got you once, Ramona!!!..... looooooooooool
    We are not talking here about tabs. I have "Colorful Tabs" add-on installed, and I'm happy with it.
    We are talking about visited/not visited links look.
     
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  9. 2007/10/07
    Ramona

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  10. 2007/10/07
    broni

    broni Moderator Malware Analyst Thread Starter

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    Yes, yes, yes...thank you. That was it.
    captjlddavis is "da" man today.
    Actually, I changed it from "1" to "2 ". "3" was little bit too much.
     
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  11. 2007/10/07
    TonyT

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    Keep in mund that this is a browser setting that may not work all the time because the "rectangle around a clicked link" is a "focus" item when the page loads. refresh the page or change focus to another object on the page and the rectangle will disappear. And many web developers will add a script to their links so as to prevent those rectangles all together.
    example:
    Code:
    <a onclick='this.blur();' href='page1.html' target='_top'>Click Here</a>
    The use of Blur in a link will prevent any browser from displaying that rectangle around a visited link.
     
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  12. 2007/10/07
    broni

    broni Moderator Malware Analyst Thread Starter

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    Thanks Tony, so far it's been working fine:)
     
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