HTML and CSS Reference
In-Depth Information
Table 2-1.
Basic CSS Selectors Supported by Most Current Browsers
Pattern/Selector
Name
Meaning
*
Universal selector
Matches any element.
E
Matches any HTML element of type
E
. he
selector consists of the HTML tag name without
the angle brackets. For example,
h1
selects all
<h1>
tags.
Type selector
.className
Matches elements with the
class
attribute
className
.
Class
#someId
Matches elements with the
id
attribute
someId
.
ID selector
E:link
Matches elements of type
E
if
E
is an unvisited
link.
Link pseudo-class
E:visited
Matches elements of type
E
if
E
is a visited link.
Visited pseudo-class
E:hover
Matches elements of type
E
when the cursor is
hovering over it. IE 6 supports this only on links.
Other browsers support it on all elements.
Hover pseudo-class
E:active
Matches elements of type
E
at the moment the
element is being clicked. IE 6 and IE 7 support
this only on links.
Active pseudo-class
E:focus
Matches elements of type
E
when the element
currently has focus. Not supported by IE 6 or IE 7.
Focus pseudo-class
E:first-letter
Matches the first letter of element
E
.
First-letter pseudo-element
E:first-line
Matches the first line of element
E
.
First-line pseudo-element
E F
Matches any
F
element that is a descendant of an
E
element.
Descendant selector
E[attr]
Matches elements of type
E
with the attribute
attr
.
Attribute selector
E[attr=
"x"]
Matches elements of type
E
where the value of
the
attr
attribute is exactly
"x"
.
Attribute selector
E[attr^=
"x"]
Matches elements of type
E
where the value of
the
attr
attribute begins with
"x"
.
Attribute selector
E[attr$=
"x"]
Matches elements of type
E
where the value of
the
attr
attribute ends with
"x"
.
Attribute selector
Universal Selector
he
universal
selector
is represented by an asterisk (
*
). It selects any element, but is rarely used except to create
hacks to hide styles from IE 6.
