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Question about Firefox's Underlined Links

Aug 9, 2005 1:49AM PDT

Along with my previous forum question about fixing broken page links in Firebox, I'd like to ask another question concerning links.

I put my page and paragraph links into their web pages using Web Page Maker V2. It's a WYSIWYG development program. They look great in Internet Explorer. However, in Firebox all the links appear with the traditional link underlining. While these links (except for one) do work, the way they look in Firefox isn't so great.

Is there anyway to make Firebox show links without the underlining?

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Isnt' that up to my preferences?
Aug 9, 2005 1:51AM PDT

If I set my browser to show links as such, then it should be so.

Are you trying to override my settings?

Bob

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I Found It
Aug 9, 2005 11:43AM PDT

The link underlines on my pages were not mouse-over underlines. All underlined links on the pages were permanently visible when a page loaded. It made pages look very busy.

I should have done a web search before asking. I found the answer this morning at: <http://www.yourhtmlsource.com/stylesheets/nonunderlinedlinks.html>.

Here's the what the article says:

"Here's the code to get rid of all the underlined links on your whole page. Put this in the head part of the document.

<style type=''text/css''>
<!--

a {text-decoration: none; }

-->
</style>

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If you want to take the underline off just a few links, put this attribute into the a (link) tag.

style=''text-decoration: none; ''

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I tried the first fix and it worked Happy

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Oh, so that's what you meant . . .
Aug 9, 2005 1:59PM PDT

When I made my last post I didn't think Firefox even had selectable options for displaying links. I'd checked FF Help and looked at the Tools/Options menu, but didn't see links mentioned anywhere. Now I found it - hiding under ''Fonts & Colors'' <grin>.

Yeah, you're right. I guess I am trying to subvert the people's will in selecting their own link displays. Ah well, a little power corrupts and a lot of power is intoxicating Happy.