How to select elements by data attribute using CSS?
CSS allows to select HTML elements that have specific attributes or attribute values. Element can be selected in number of ways. Some examples are given below:
- [attribute]: It selects the element with specified attribute.
- [attribute=”value”]: It selects the elements with a specified attribute and value.
- [attribute~=”value”]: It selects the elements with an attribute value which contains a specified word.
- [attribute|=”value”]: It selects the elements with the specified attribute which starts with the specified value.
- [attribute^=”value”]: It selects the elements in which attribute value begins with a specified value.
- [attribute$=”value”]: It selects the elements in which attribute value ends with a specified value.
- [attribute*=”value”]: It selects the elements in which attribute value contains a specified value.
Example 1: This example changes the background-color of <a> element by selecting the element [target] using CSS.
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title> Attribute selector in CSS </title> <style> a[target] { background-color: yellow; } a { font-size: 20px; } </style></head> <body style = "text-align:center;"> <h1 style = "color:green;" > GeeksForGeeks </h1> geeksforgeeks.org </a> <br><br> google.com </a> </body> </html> |
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Example 2: This example changes the background-color and text-color of the <a> element by selecting element having [target = “_top”] using CSS.
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title> Attribute selector in CSS </title> <style> a[target=_top] { background-color: green; color: white; } a { font-size: 20px; } </style></head> <body style = "text-align:center;"> <h1 style = "color:green;" > GeeksForGeeks </h1> geeksforgeeks.org </a> <br><br> google.com </a> </body> </html> |
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Example 3: This example changes the background-color and text-color of the <p> element by selecting element having [class^=”top”] using CSS.
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title> Attribute selector in CSS </title> <style> [class^="top"] { background-color: green; color: white; } p { font-size: 20px; } </style></head> <body style = "text-align:center;"> <h1 style = "color:green;" > GeeksForGeeks </h1> <p class="top-p">A computer science portal</p> <p class="topPara">Attribute Selector Example</p> <p class="Para">CSS does not applies here</p> </body> </html> |
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