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Visited link not changing color

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gfmoore
gfmoore

Looks like an old chestnut with proposed solutions that don't really work for me.

I am trying out Quantum after getting fed up with Chrome. However, when using a search engine (Duck Duck Go) the visited site is not showing changed color.

I have tried regenerating places sqlite database. I have checked private browsing option is off and that remember history is checked.

When I inspect a visted link using developer tools there is no visited tag visible! So how can it get styled?

I am intalled the stylish add on, but no joy there.

I am using windows 10. Don't know what else I can tell you, but feel free to ask :)

Looks like an old chestnut with proposed solutions that don't really work for me. I am trying out Quantum after getting fed up with Chrome. However, when using a search engine (Duck Duck Go) the visited site is not showing changed color. I have tried regenerating places sqlite database. I have checked private browsing option is off and that remember history is checked. When I inspect a visted link using developer tools there is no visited tag visible! So how can it get styled? I am intalled the stylish add on, but no joy there. I am using windows 10. Don't know what else I can tell you, but feel free to ask :)

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The colors used on DDG results are a little hard to distinguish. Here's what I see when I search for firefox in a regular (non-private) window, with 2 unvisited and 4 visited. I don't think I'm using any special colors. (Screenshot attached; red lines added in MS Paint.)

By the way, visited link styling is performed outside of normal HTML to avoid leaking your history to websites.

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gfmoore
gfmoore Question owner

I found a solution using stylish addon

@namespace url(http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml); @-moz-document url-prefix("https://") { 

   a:visited {
       color: red !important;
   }

} @-moz-document url-prefix("http://") { 

   a:visited {
       color: red !important;
   }

}

The reason it didn't work before was it only had style for http and not https

However, there is still something wrong with Firefox at a basic level I think?

jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
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Chosen Solution

The colors used on DDG results are a little hard to distinguish. Here's what I see when I search for firefox in a regular (non-private) window, with 2 unvisited and 4 visited. I don't think I'm using any special colors. (Screenshot attached; red lines added in MS Paint.)

By the way, visited link styling is performed outside of normal HTML to avoid leaking your history to websites.

Modified by jscher2000 - Support Volunteer

gfmoore
gfmoore Question owner

Thanks for your response. I can just about see what you mean, but you have to have a good ability to delineate the colour.

When I tried adjusting the colours using the options - font s& colours - colours - visited links colours (to red) it didn't work.

Thanks for the info on the html styling - never thought of that :)

Modified by gfmoore