Enable new link styles by default #3599
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In July 2021, we made some improvements to new link styles [1] which were released as part of v3.12.0. We introduced these changes behind a feature flag `$govuk-new-link-styles: true` which service teams needed to set before importing GOV.UK Frontend in order to opt-in. This was in case users: - needed to make changes to their service to introduce these new link styles consistently - wanted to avoid opting in if they have links within a multiple-column layout in your CSS, due to Known issue: hover state is mis-painted on links within CSS multiple-column layouts #2204 Now that #2204 has been fixed in Chromium, we can make the new link styles ‘opt-out’. [1]: #2350
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| #### New link styles are now enabled by default | ||
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| In GOV.UK Frontend v3.12.0 we introduced new link styles which: | ||
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| - have underlines that are consistently thinner and a bit further away from the link text | ||
| - have a clearer hover state, where the underline gets thicker to make the link stand out to users | ||
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| The new link styles are now enabled by default. If you are setting `$govuk-new-link-styles` to `true` in your Sass you can now remove this. | ||
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| This change was made in [pull request #3599: Enable new link styles by default](https://github.com/alphagov/govuk-frontend/pull/3599). | ||
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question Did we say this setting would be removed in the next breaking change? If that's the case, do we want to add a little note that the setting is deprecated?
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Actually, I'll merge this and if we do decide to deprecate it we can do that in a follow up PR too.
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In July 2021, we made some improvements to new link styles which were released as part of v3.12.0.
We introduced these changes behind a feature flag
$govuk-new-link-styles: truewhich service teams needed to set before importing GOV.UK Frontend in order to opt-in.This was in case users:
Now that #2204 has been fixed in Chromium, we can make the new link styles ‘opt-out’.
Closes #2350