Can I have an onclick effect in CSS?

Posted By: Anonymous

I have an image element that I want to change on click.

<img id="btnLeft">

This works:

#btnLeft:hover {
    width:70px;
    height:74px;
}

But what I need is:

#btnLeft:onclick {
    width:70px;
    height:74px;
}

But, it doesn’t work, obviously. Is it possible at all to have onclick behavior in CSS (i.e. without using JavaScript)?

Solution

The closest you’ll get is :active:

#btnLeft:active {
    width: 70px;
    height: 74px;
}

However this will only apply the style when the mouse button is held down. The only way to apply a style and keep it applied onclick is to use a bit of JavaScript.

Answered By: Anonymous

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