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.
The Document.linkColor
property gets/sets the color of links within the document.
This property is deprecated. As an alternative, you can set the CSS color
property on either HTML anchor links (<a>
) or on :link
pseudo-classes. Another alternative is document.body.link
, although this is deprecated in HTML 4.01.
Syntax
color = document.linkColor document.linkColor = color
Parameters
color
is a string representing the color as a word (e.g.,red
) or hexadecimal value (e.g.,#ff0000
).
Example
document.linkColor = 'blue';
Specification
HTML5
Document.linkColor
is deprecated in DOM Level 2 HTML.
Browser compatibility
Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
linkColor | Chrome
Full support
64
| Edge Full support 12 | Firefox Full support Yes | IE ? | Opera Full support Yes | Safari Full support Yes | WebView Android
Full support
64
| Chrome Android
Full support
64
| Firefox Android Full support Yes | Opera Android Full support Yes | Safari iOS Full support Yes | Samsung Internet Android
Full support
9.0
|
Legend
- Full support
- Full support
- Compatibility unknown
- Compatibility unknown
- Non-standard. Expect poor cross-browser support.
- Non-standard. Expect poor cross-browser support.
- Deprecated. Not for use in new websites.
- Deprecated. Not for use in new websites.
- See implementation notes.
- See implementation notes.
The default value for this property in Mozilla Firefox is blue (#0000ee
in hexadecimal).