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<title>:active pseudo-class on controls</title>
<style type="text/css">button:active { background: green; color: white; }</style>
<link rel="author" title="Ian Hickson" href="mailto:ian@hixie.ch">
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<p><button>Activating (e.g. holding the mouse button down on) this button should make it go green.</button></p>
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