CSS [attribute|=value] Selector
Example
Select and style elements with a lang attribute value of "en" or "en-":
[lang|="en"]
{
background-color: yellow;
}
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Definition and Usage
The CSS [attribute|=value]
selector selects elements with the specified attribute with the
exact specified value, or the exact specified value followed by a hyphen (-) .
Note: The value has to be a whole word, either alone, like lang="en", or followed by a hyphen( - ), like lang="en-us".
Version: | CSS2 |
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Browser Support
The numbers in the table specifies the first browser version that fully supports the selector.
Selector | |||||
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[attribute|=value] | 4.0 | 7.0 | 2.0 | 3.1 | 9.6 |
CSS Syntax
More Examples
Example
Select and style elements with a class attribute value of "top" or "top-":
[class|="top"]
{
background-color: yellow;
}
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Related Pages
CSS tutorial: CSS Attribute Selectors