CSS ID Selectors
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4/8/2010
This topic summarizes the ID Selectors that can be used in Cascading Style Sheets. These are made up from Pseudo Elements and Pseudo Classes.
Description
| Structure | Windows Mobile | CSS Mobile | WAP CSS | CSS1 | CSS2 | CSS3 | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
* |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Match any element. |
E |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Match any E element. |
E F |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Match any F element that is a descendant of an E element. |
E > F |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
Match any F element that is a child of an E element. |
E:active |
Yes |
Yes |
|
No |
Yes |
No |
Match any E element when the user has that element active. |
E:first-child |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
Match an E element when it is the first child of its parent. |
E:first-line |
No |
No |
No |
No |
|
No |
|
E:first-letter |
No |
No |
No |
No |
|
No |
|
E:before |
No |
No |
No |
No |
? |
No |
|
E:after |
No |
No |
No |
No |
? |
No |
|
E:focus |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
Match any E element when the user has that element in focus. |
E:hover |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
Match any E element when the user is hovering on that element. |
E:lang(c) |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
Matches an E element if it is in the language c. |
E:link |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Matches an E element that is a unvisited hyperlink. |
E:not(c) |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
|
E:visited |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
Matches an E element that is a visited hyperlink. |
E + F |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
Matches an element F that is immediately preceded by an E element at the same level. |
E[X] |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
Matches any E element with the X attribute set. |
E[X="warning"] |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
Matches any E element with the X attribute is set exactly to the value "warning". |
E[X~="warning"] |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
Matches any E element with the X attribute is a space separated list and one of the elements set exactly to the value "warning". |
E[lang|="en"] |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
Matches any E element with the "lang" attribute has a hyphen-separated list of values beginning with "en". |
div.warning |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Language specific, but should be the same as |
E#X |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Matches any E element that has an ID which is "X" |