{"id":2136,"date":"2011-05-19T15:11:48","date_gmt":"2011-05-19T09:41:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/JitendraZaa.com\/blog\/?p=2136"},"modified":"2011-05-19T15:11:48","modified_gmt":"2011-05-19T09:41:48","slug":"complete-css-selector-tutorial-for-the-beginners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jitendrazaa.com\/blog\/webtech\/complete-css-selector-tutorial-for-the-beginners\/","title":{"rendered":"Complete CSS Selector Tutorial for the beginners"},"content":{"rendered":"

Below table displays that in how many ways we can select any element in CSS to style them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
Selector<\/div><\/th>
Description<\/div><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
*<\/td>Any Element<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
A<\/td>Element of Type \"A\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
A.redColor<\/td>Element \"A\" whose class is \"redColor\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
A#India<\/td>Element \"A\" which have id as \"India\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
A[bar]<\/td>Element \"A\" with attribute \"bar\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
A[bar=\"Mum\"]<\/td>Element \"A\" which have attribute as \"bar\" whose value is exactly equal to \"Mum\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
A[bar~=\"Mum\"]<\/td>Element \"A\" whose \"bar\" attribute value is a list of whitespace-separated values, one of which is exactly equal to \"Mum\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
A[bar^=\"Mum\"]<\/td>Element \"A\" whose \"bar\" attribute value begins exactly with the string \"Mum\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
A[bar$=\"Mum\"]<\/td>Element \"A\" whose \"bar\" attribute value ends exactly with the string \"Mum\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
A[bar*=\"Mum\"]<\/td>Element \"A\" whose \"bar\" attribute value contains the substring \"Mum\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
A:link, A:visited<\/td>Element \"A\" being the source anchor of a hyperlink of which the target is not yet visited (:link) or already visited (:visited)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
A:active, A:hover, A:focus<\/td>Element \"A\" during certain user actions<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
A::first-line<\/td>the first formatted line of an \"A\" element<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
A:target<\/td>Element \"A\" being the target of the referring URI<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
A::first-letter<\/td>the first formatted letter of an Element \"A\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
A::before<\/td>generated content before an Element \"A\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
A::after<\/td>generated content after Element \"A\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
A:nth-child(n)<\/td>Element \"A\", the n-th child of its parent<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
A:nth-last-child(n)<\/td>Element \"A\", the n-th child of its parent, counting from the last one<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
A:nth-of-type(n)<\/td>Element \"A\", the n-th sibling of its type<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
A:nth-last-of-type(n)<\/td>Element \"A\", the n-th sibling of its type, counting from the last one<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
A:first-child<\/td>Element \"A\", first child of its parent<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
A:last-child<\/td>Element \"A\", last child of its parent<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
A:first-of-type<\/td>Element \"A\", first sibling of its type<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
A:last-of-type<\/td>Element \"A\", last sibling of its type<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
A:only-child<\/td>Element \"A\", only child of its parent<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
A:only-of-type<\/td>Element \"A\", only sibling of its type<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
A:empty<\/td>Element \"A\" that has no children <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
A:root<\/td>Element \"A\", root of the document<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
A:enabled, A:disabled<\/td>a user interface element \"A\" which is enabled or disabled<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
A:checked<\/td>a user interface element \"A\" which is checked (for example a radio-button or checkbox)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
A:not(s)<\/td>Element \"A\" that does not match simple selector s<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
A B<\/td>Element \"B\" descendant of Element \"A\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
A > B<\/td>Element \"B\" child of Element \"A\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
A + B<\/td>Element \"B\" immediately preceded by Element \"A\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
A~B<\/td>Element \"B\" preceded by an Element \"A\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n

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