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Style HTML Elements With Specific Attributes


It is possible to style HTML elements that have specific attributes or attribute values.

CSS [attribute] Selector


The [attribute] selector is used to select elements with a specified attribute.
The following example selects all <a> elements with a target attribute:
Example

a[target] {

  background-color: yellow;

}

CSS [attribute="value"] Selector


The [attribute="value"] selector is used to select elements with a specified attribute and value.
The following example selects all <a> elements with a target="_blank" attribute:
Example

a[target="_blank"] {

  background-color: yellow;

}

CSS [attribute~="value"] Selector


The [attribute~="value"] selector is used to select elements with an attribute value containing a specified word.
The following example selects all elements with a title attribute that contains a space-separated list of words, one of which is "flower":
Example

[title~="flower"] {

  border: 5px solid yellow;

}

The example above will match elements with title="flower", title="summer flower", and title="flower new", but not title="my-flower" or title="flowers".

CSS [attribute|="value"] Selector


The [attribute|="value"] selector is used to select elements with the specified attribute, whose value can be exactly the specified value, or the specified value followed by a hyphen (-).
Note: The value has to be a whole word, either alone, like class="top", or followed by a hyphen( - ), like class="top-text".
Example

[class|="top"] {

  background: yellow;

}

CSS [attribute^="value"] Selector


The [attribute^="value"] selector is used to select elements with the specified attribute, whose value starts with the specified value.
The following example selects all elements with a class attribute value that starts with "top":
Note: The value does not have to be a whole word!
Example

[class^="top"] {

  background: yellow;

}

CSS [attribute$="value"] Selector


The [attribute$="value"] selector is used to select elements whose attribute value ends with a specified value.
The following example selects all elements with a class attribute value that ends with "test":
Note: The value does not have to be a whole word!  
Example

[class$="test"] {

  background: yellow;

}

CSS [attribute*="value"] Selector


The [attribute*="value"] selector is used to select elements whose attribute value contains a specified value.
The following example selects all elements with a class attribute value that contains "te":
Note: The value does not have to be a whole word!  
Example

[class*="te"] {

  background: yellow;

}

Styling Forms


The attribute selectors can be useful for styling forms without class or ID:
Example

input[type="text"] {

  width: 150px;

  display: block;

  margin-bottom: 10px;

  background-color: yellow;

}


input[type="button"] {

  width: 120px;

  margin-left: 35px;

  display: block;

}

Tip: Visit our CSS Forms Tutorial for more examples on how to style forms with CSS.

Test Yourself With Exercises


Exercise:
Set the background color to "red" for <a> elements that have a target attribute.

<style>

 {

  background-color: red;

}

</style>


<body>

  <a href="https://w3schools.com">w3schools.com</a>

  <a href="http://disney.com" target="_blank">Disney.com</a>

  <a href="http://wikipedia.org" target="_top">wikipedia.org</a>

</body>

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CSS Attribute Selectors | CSS for Beginners - Class 6


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