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Selector
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Description*
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Example
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*
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Selects all elements
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*
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#id
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Selects the element
with a given id attribute (e.g. id="yyy")
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#yyy
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Element
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Selects all elements of
type element
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p
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element.class
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Selects all elements of
type element with a given class attribute (e.g. class="xxx")
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p.xxx
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element1, element2
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Selects all elements of
either type element1 or type element2
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p, a
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element1 element2
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Selects all elements of
type element2 that are inside an element of type element1
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p a
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element1>element2
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Selects all elements of
type element2 that have as their parent an element of type element1
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p>a
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element1+element2
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Selects all elements of
type element2 that are immediately after elements of type element1
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p+a
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element1~element2
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Selects all elements of
type element2 that are preceded by an element of type element1
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p+a
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element[attribute]
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Selects all elements of
type element with a specific attribute*
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p[target]
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element[attribute = value]
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Selects all elements of
type element that have a specific attribute taking a specific value
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p[target = "_blank"]
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element[attribute ~= word]
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Selects all elements of
type element that have a specific attribute containing a specific word
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p[title ~= "answer"]
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element[attribute |= word]
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Selects all elements of
type element that have a specific attribute starting with a specific
word. The word needs to be either alone, like lang=en,
or followed by a hyphen(-), like lang=en-us.
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p[title |= "answer"]
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element[attribute ^= value]
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Selects all elements of
type element that have a specific attribute starting with a specific
value
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a[href ^= "https"]
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element[attribute $= value]
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Selects all elements of
type element that have a specific attribute ending with a specific
value
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a[href $= ".pdf"]
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element[attribute *= value]
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Selects all elements of
type element that have a specific attribute containing a specific
sub-string
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a[href *= "Nematrian"]
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element:active
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Selects whatever
element of type element is currently active
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a:active
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element:checked
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Selects all elements of
type element that are checked
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input:checked
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element:disabled
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Selects all elements of
type element that are disabled
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input:disabled
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element:empty
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Selects all elements of
type element that are empty
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div:empty
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element:enabled
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Selects all elements of
type element that are enabled
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input:enabled
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element:first-child
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Selects all elements of
type element that are the first children of their parent
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p:first-child
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element:first-of-type
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Selects all elements of
type element that are the first of that type of element within their parent
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p:first-of-type
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element:focus
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Selects all elements of
type element that has focus**
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input:focus
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element:hover
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Selects all elements of
type element that are currently being hovered over (i.e. where mouse
is positioned over it)
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a:hover
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element:in-range
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Selects all elements of
type element whose value is within any range specified by the element
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input:in-range
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element:invalid
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Selects all elements of
type element with an invalid value
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input:invalid
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element:lang(language)
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Selects all elements of
type element with a lang
value equal to language
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p:lang(it)
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element:last-child
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Selects all elements of
type element that are the last children of their parent
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p:last-child
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element:last-of-type
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Selects all elements of
type element that are the last of that type of element within their
parent
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p:last-of-type
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element:link
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Selects all elements of
type element that are unvisited
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a:link
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:not(selector)
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Selects all elements
that are not the given selector
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:not(p)
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element:nth-child(n)
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Selects all elements of
type element that are the n’th child of their parent
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a:nth-child(2)
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element:nth-last-child(n)
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Selects all elements of
type element that are the n’th last child (i.e. counting
backwards from the last one) of their parent
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a:nth-last-child(2)
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element:nth-last-of-type(n)
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Selects all elements of
type element that are the n’th last of their type (i.e.
counting backwards from last one) of their parent
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a:nth-last-of-type(2)
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element:nth-of-type(n)
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Selects all elements of
type element that are the n’th of their type of their parent
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a:nth-of-type(2)
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element:only-child
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Selects all elements of
type element that are the only child of their parent
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a:only-child
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element:only-of-type
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Selects all elements of
type element that are the only one of their type of their parent
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a:only-of-type
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element:optional
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Selects all elements of
type element that do not have a required
attribute specified
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input:optional
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element:out-of-range
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Selects all elements of
type element whose value is outside any range specified by the element
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input:out-of-range
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element:read-only
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Selects all elements of
type element which have the readonly
attribute specified
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input:read-only
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element:read-write
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Selects all elements of
type element which do not have the readwrite
attribute specified
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input:read-write
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element:required
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Selects all elements of
type element that have a required
attribute specified
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input:required
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:root
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Selects the document's
root element
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:root
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element:target
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Selects the current
active target element. A URL with
an # followed by an anchor links to a specific element within a document. The
element being linked to is the target element.
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#para1:target
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element:valid
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Selects all elements of
type element that have a valid value
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input:valid
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element:visited
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Selects all visited
elements
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a:visited
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** The element that has
focus is the one that if you hit return will be assumed to be the element into
which input has just been placed.