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Md. Injamul Alam
Md. Injamul Alam

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CSS Selectors for Web developer

CSS selectors

1 Element Selector

h3 {
    /* write your css */ 
}
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2 Id Selector

#head {
    /* write your css */ 
}
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3 Class Selector

.head-title {
    /* write your css */ 
}
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4 Attribute Selector

ol[type="a"] {
  /* write your css */ 
}
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5 Descendant Selector

div .card-title {
   /* write your css */ 
}
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6 Universal Selectors

* {
  /* write your css */ 
}
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7 Nth type of Selector

div:nth-of-type(2) {
  /* write your css */ 
}
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8 Pseudo-class Selector

*The syntax of pseudo-class:*
selector:pseudo-class {
  property: value;
}
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Example:

a:hover {
  /* write your css */
}

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