Document: alinkColor property

Deprecated: This feature is no longer recommended. Though some browsers might still support it, it may have already been removed from the relevant web standards, may be in the process of being dropped, or may only be kept for compatibility purposes. Avoid using it, and update existing code if possible; see the compatibility table at the bottom of this page to guide your decision. Be aware that this feature may cease to work at any time.

Returns or sets the color of an active link in the document body. A link is active during the time between mousedown and mouseup events.

Value

A string containing the name of the color (e.g., blue, darkblue, etc.) or the hexadecimal value of the color (e.g., #0000FF).

When set to the null value, that null value is converted to the empty string (""), so document.alinkColor = null is equivalent to document.alinkColor = "".

Notes

The default value for this property in Mozilla Firefox is red (#ee0000 in hexadecimal).

document.alinkColor is deprecated in the HTML specification. One alternative is the CSS selector :active.

Firefox supports both alinkColor/:active and :focus.

Specifications

Specification
HTML
# dom-document-alinkcolor

Browser compatibility

desktop mobile
Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Opera
Safari
Chrome Android
Firefox for Android
Opera Android
Safari on iOS
Samsung Internet
WebView Android
WebView on iOS
alinkColor
Deprecated
Chrome – Partial support
Chrome 1 – 63 (Release date: 2008-12-11)
footnote Partial support
footnote Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 64 (Release date: 2018-01-23)
footnote Full support
Edge – Full support
Edge 12 (Release date: 2015-07-29)
footnote Full support
Firefox – Partial support
Firefox 1 – 68 (Release date: 2004-11-09)
footnote Partial support
footnote Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
Firefox – Full support
Firefox 69 (Release date: 2019-09-03)
footnote Full support
Opera – Partial support
Opera 12.1 – 50 (Release date: 2012-11-20)
footnote Partial support
footnote Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
Opera – Full support
Opera 51 (Release date: 2018-02-07)
footnote Full support
Safari – Partial support
Safari 1 – 10.1 (Release date: 2003-06-23)
footnote Partial support
footnote Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
Safari – Full support
Safari 11 (Release date: 2017-09-19)
footnote Full support
Chrome Android – Partial support
Chrome Android 18 – 63 (Release date: 2012-06-27)
footnote Partial support
footnote Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
Chrome Android – Full support
Chrome Android 64 (Release date: 2018-01-23)
footnote Full support
Firefox for Android – Partial support
Firefox for Android 4 – 68 (Release date: 2011-03-29)
footnote Partial support
footnote Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
Firefox for Android – Full support
Firefox for Android 79 (Release date: 2020-07-28)
footnote Full support
Opera Android – Partial support
Opera Android 12.1 – 46 (Release date: 2012-10-09)
footnote Partial support
footnote Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
Opera Android – Full support
Opera Android 47 (Release date: 2018-07-23)
footnote Full support
Safari on iOS – Partial support
Safari on iOS 1 – 10.3 (Release date: 2007-06-29)
footnote Partial support
footnote Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
Safari on iOS – Full support
Safari on iOS 11 (Release date: 2017-09-19)
footnote Full support
Samsung Internet – Partial support
Samsung Internet 1 – 8.2 (Release date: 2013-04-27)
footnote Partial support
footnote Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
Samsung Internet – Full support
Samsung Internet 9 (Release date: 2018-09-15)
footnote Full support
WebView Android – Partial support
WebView Android 4.4 – 63 (Release date: 2013-12-09)
footnote Partial support
footnote Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
WebView Android – Full support
WebView Android 64 (Release date: 2018-01-23)
footnote Full support
WebView on iOS – Partial support
WebView on iOS 1 – 10.3 (Release date: 2007-06-29)
footnote Partial support
footnote Only supported for HTMLDocument, not all Document objects.
WebView on iOS – Full support
WebView on iOS 11 (Release date: 2017-09-19)
footnote Full support

Legend

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Full support
Full support
Partial support
Partial support
Deprecated. Not for use in new websites.
Has more compatibility info.