| * |
any element |
Universal selector |
| E |
an element of type E |
Type selector |
| E[foo] |
an E element with a "foo" attribute |
Attribute
selectors |
| E[foo="bar"] |
an E element whose "foo" attribute value is exactly equal to "bar" |
Attribute
selectors |
| E[foo~="bar"] |
an E element whose "foo" attribute value is a list of
whitespace-separated values, one of which is exactly equal to "bar" |
Attribute
selectors |
| E[foo^="bar"] |
an E element whose "foo" attribute value begins
exactly with the string "bar" |
Attribute
selectors |
| E[foo$="bar"] |
an E element whose "foo" attribute value ends exactly with the string "bar" |
Attribute
selectors |
| E[foo*="bar"] |
an E element whose "foo" attribute value contains the substring "bar" |
Attribute
selectors |
| E[foo|="en"] |
an E element whose "foo" attribute has a
hyphen-separated list of values beginning (from the left) with "en" |
Attribute
selectors |
| E:root |
an E element, root of the document |
Structural
pseudo-classes |
| E:nth-child(n) |
an E element, the n-th child of its parent |
Structural
pseudo-classes |
| E:nth-last-child(n) |
an E element, the n-th child of its parent, counting
from the last one |
Structural
pseudo-classes |
| E:nth-of-type(n) |
an E element, the n-th sibling of its type |
Structural
pseudo-classes |
| E:nth-last-of-type(n) |
an E element, the n-th sibling of its type, counting
from the last one |
Structural
pseudo-classes |
| E:first-child |
an E element, first child of its parent |
Structural
pseudo-classes |
| E:last-child |
an E element, last child of its parent |
Structural
pseudo-classes |
| E:first-of-type |
an E element, first sibling of its type |
Structural
pseudo-classes |
| E:last-of-type |
an E element, last sibling of its type |
Structural
pseudo-classes |
| E:only-child |
an E element, only child of its parent |
Structural
pseudo-classes |
| E:only-of-type |
an E element, only sibling of its type |
Structural
pseudo-classes |
| E:empty |
an E element that has no children (including text
nodes) |
Structural
pseudo-classes |
| E:link
E:visited |
an E element being the source anchor of a hyperlink of which the target is not yet visited (:link) or already visited (:visited) |
The link pseudo-classes |
| E:active
E:hover
E:focus |
an E element during certain user actions |
The user action
pseudo-classes |
| E:target |
an E element being the target of the referring URI |
The target pseudo-class |
| E:lang(fr) |
an element of type E in language "fr" (the document
language specifies how language is determined) |
The :lang() pseudo-class |
| E:enabled
E:disabled |
a user interface element E which is enabled or
disabled |
The UI element states
pseudo-classes |
| E:checked |
a user interface element E which is checked (for instance a radio-button or checkbox) |
The UI element states
pseudo-classes |
| E::first-line |
the first formatted line of an E element |
The ::first-line
pseudo-element |
| E::first-letter |
the first formatted letter of an E element |
The ::first-letter
pseudo-element |
| E::before |
generated content before an E element |
The ::before
pseudo-element |
| E::after |
generated content after an E element |
The ::after
pseudo-element |
| E.warning |
an E element whose class is "warning" (the document
language specifies how class is determined). |
Class selectors |
| E#myid |
an E element with ID equal to "myid". |
ID selectors |
| E:not(s) |
an E element that does not match simple selector s |
Negation pseudo-class |
| E F |
an F element descendant of an E element |
Descendant
combinator |
| E > F |
an F element child of an E element |
Child combinator |
| E + F |
an F element immediately preceded by an E element |
Adjacent
sibling combinator |
| E ~ F |
an F element preceded by an E element |
General
sibling combinator |