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Selector
Example
Example Description
.class
.intro
Selects all elements with class="intro"
#id
#firstname
Selects the element with id="firstname"
Selects all elements
element
Selects all <p> elements
element,element
div,p
Selects all <div> elements and all <p> elements
element element
div p
Selects all <p> elements inside <div> elements
element>element
div>p
Selects all <p> elements where the parent is a <div>
element
element+element
div+p
Selects all <p> elements that are placed immediately
after <div> elements
[attribute]
[target]
Selects all elements with a target attribute
[attribute=value]
[target=_blank]
Selects all elements with target="_blank"
[attribute~=value]
[title~=flower]
Selects all elements with a title attribute containing
the word "flower"
[attribute|=value]
[lang|=en]
Selects all elements with a
lang attribute value starting with "en"
:link
a:link
Selects all unvisited links
:visited
a:visited
Selects all visited links
:active
a:active
Selects the active link
:hover
a:hover
Selects links on mouse over
:focus
input:focus
Selects the input element which has focus
:first-letter
p:first-letter
Selects the first letter of every <p> element
:first-line
p:first-line
Selects the first line of every <p> element
:first-child
p:first-child
Selects every <p> element that is the first child of its
parent
:before
p:before
Insert content before the content of every <p> element
:after
p:after
Insert content after every <p> element
:lang(language)
p:lang(it)
Selects every <p> element with a
lang attribute equal to "it" (Italian)
element1~element
2
p~ul
Selects every <ul> element that are preceded by a <p>
element
[attribute^=value]
a[src^="https"]
Selects every <a> element
whose src attribute value begins with "https"
[attribute$=value]
a[src$=".pdf"]
Selects every <a> element
whose src attribute value ends with ".pdf"
[attribute*=value]
a[src*="w3schools"] Selects every <a> element whose src attribute value
contains the substring "w3schools"
:first-of-type
p:first-of-type
Selects every <p>
element that is the first <p> element of its parent
:last-of-type
p:last-of-type
Selects every <p>
element that is the last <p> element of its parent
:only-of-type
p:only-of-type
Selects every <p>
element that is the only <p> element of its parent
:only-child
p:only-child
Selects every <p>
element that is the only child of its parent
:nth-child(n)
p:nth-child(2)
Selects every <p>
element that is the second child of its parent
:nth-last-child(n)
p:nth-last-child(2)
Selects every <p> element that
is the second child of its parent, counting from the last
child
:nth-of-type(n)
p:nth-of-type(2)
Selects every <p> element
that is the second <p> element of its parent
:nth-last-of-type(n)
p:nth-last-oftype(2)
Selects every <p> element that
is the second <p> element of its parent,
counting from the last child
:last-child
p:last-child
Selects every <p> element that is
the last child of its parent
:root
:root
Selects the document's root element
:empty
p:empty
Selects every <p> element
that has no children (including text nodes)
:target
#news:target
Selects the current
active #news element (clicked on a
URL containing that anchor name)
:enabled
input:enabled
Selects every enabled <input> element
:disabled
input:disabled
Selects every disabled <input> element
:checked
input:checked
Selects every checked <input> element
:not(selector)
:not(p)
Selects every element that is not a <p> element
::selection
::selection
Selects the portion of an element that is selected by a user
