March 1Mar 1 Administrators CSS Selectors CSS Selectors CSS selectors are used to "find" (or select) the HTML elements you want to style. We can divide CSS selectors into five categories: Simple selectors (select elements based on name, id, class) Combinator selectors (select elements based on a specific relationship between them) Pseudo-class selectors (select elements based on a certain state) Pseudo-elements selectors (select and style a part of an element) Attribute selectors (select elements based on an attribute or attribute value) This page will explain the most basic CSS selectors. The CSS element Selector The element selector selects HTML elements based on the element name. Example Here, all <p> elements on the page will be center-aligned, with a red text color: p { text-align: center; color: red; } Try it Yourself » The CSS id Selector The id selector uses the id attribute of an HTML element to select a specific element. The id of an element is unique within a page, so the id selector is used to select one unique element! To select an element with a specific id, write a hash (#) character, followed by the id of the element. Example The CSS rule below will be applied to the HTML element with id="para1": #para1 { text-align: center; color: red; } Try it Yourself » Note: An id name cannot start with a number! The CSS class Selector The class selector selects HTML elements with a specific class attribute. To select elements with a specific class, write a period (.) character, followed by the class name. Example In this example all HTML elements with class="center" will be red and center-aligned: .center { text-align: center; color: red;} Try it Yourself » You can also specify that only specific HTML elements should be affected by a class. Example In this example only <p> elements with class="center" will be red and center-aligned: p.center { text-align: center; color: red;} Try it Yourself » HTML elements can also refer to more than one class. Example In this example the <p> element will be styled according to class="center" and to class="large": <p class="center large">This paragraph refers to two classes.</p> Try it Yourself » Note: A class name cannot start with a number! ★ +1 Sign in to track progress
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