Layout with Look and Feel - Oracle ADF 11gR2 Development Beginner's Guide - page 207

Global selector aliases
Global selector aliases will list the styles that affect most components based on their common
properies. These styles are as follows:
Color : This secion will list the selectors that afect the color scheme
of the component, for example, .AFBrightBackground:alias ,
.AFDarkBackground:alias , and so on.
Component Groups : This secion will have the selectors applicable for speciic
component groups, such as Buton , Form Controls , Menu , and Link .
Font : This secion will have the global font selector for controlling the fonts of
the applicaion. .AFDefaultFont:alias is a typical example of this type.
Icons : This secion will have styles such as those deined for icons in the applicaion.
.AFChangedicon:alias and .AFErrorIcon:alias are examples of this type. You
can create a new selector wherever you want by clicking on the + buton and selecing
New Alias Selector from the menu opion as shown in the following screenshot:
Message : This secion will list the selectors for the common messages displayed for
the applicaion.
Faces component selectors
This secion will have all the selectors, such as a buton, textbox, table, menu, and so on,
that are related to individual components. Each component will have their respecive
selectors to represent the styles. For example, af:inputText will have af|inputText , and
af:commandButton will have selectors such as af|commandButton . Components will have
the Pseudo-elements folder and the Descendant Selectors folder to determine how
they behave visually when combined with another component. Some components will have
Component Style Classes specific to the type of the component.