Using Attribute Selectors
Explore how CSS attribute selectors allow you to target HTML elements based on the presence and values of their attributes. Understand different types like exact matches, substring matches, and case-insensitive selectors. Learn to combine attribute selectors with other selectors to style elements precisely, enhancing your control over web page presentation.
Using attribute selectors
Elements can have attributes that provide extra details.
The following example shows an href attribute in an a (link) tag:
<a href="https://google.com">This is a link</a>
We use CSS attribute selectors to target such elements with their specific attributes. For example:
a[href="https://www.google.com"] {
color: #FFFF00;
}
Here, we have an exact match selection that selects links with the exact href value of “https://www.google.com”.
Let’s learn how to use these very useful selectors!
Types of attribute selectors
There are several different types of attribute selectors. They’re classified as either presence and value selectors or substring matching selectors. The syntax for each selector begins with the particular attribute name and ends with an equal sign (=), followed by the attribute value(s). The selector type sits between the attribute name and the equal sign .