CSS Selectors

Below are examples of all of the CSS selectors supported by Prince. For their precise definition please refer to the CSS specifications.

Universal Selectors

`*`	elements in the default namespace
`\|*`	elements in no namespace
`ns\|*`	elements in the namespace with prefix `ns`
`\|`	elements in any or no namespace

`div`	`div` elements in the default namespace
`\|div`	`div` elements in no namespace
`ns\|div`	`div` elements in the namespace with prefix `ns`
`*\|div`	`div` elements in any namespace or in none

`div p`	`p` elements that are within a `div` element
`* p`	`p` elements that are within any element (ie. not the root element)

`div > p`	`p` elements that are the direct children of `div` elements
`p > *`	any elements that are the direct children of `p` elements

`div + p`	`p` elements that directly follow `div` elements
`p + *`	any elements that directly follow `p` elements

`div ~ p`	`p` elements anywhere after `div` elements
`p ~ *`	any elements anywhere after `p` elements

`*[href]`	elements with an `href` attribute
`*[align="right"]`	elements with an `align` attribute of `right`
`*[href^="http:"]`	elements with an `href` attribute beginning with `http:`
`*[href$=foo]`	elements with an `href` attribute ending with `foo`
`[href=foo]`	elements with an `href` attribute containing `foo`
`*[words~=foo]`	elements with a `words` attribute containing the word `foo`
`*[lang\|=en]`	elements with a `lang` attribute equal to or beginning with `en`

p.intro p elements with a class attribute containing the word intro

p#intro p elements with an id attribute of intro

`:link`	elements that represent links
`a[href^="mailto:"]:link`	elements that link to an email address

`:lang(en)`	elements whose specified language is English
`q:lang(fr-CA)`	quotes whose specified language is French (Canadian)

p:contains("synergy") paragraphs containing the text "synergy"

`:root`	the root element of the document
`html:root`	`html` root elements
`:root > *`	children of the root element

div:empty every empty div element

`*:not(p)`	every element except `p` elements
`div:not(:empty)`	every non-empty `div` element
`a:not([href])`	every `a` element without a `href` attribute

`div > :first-child`	the first child of a `div` element
`div > :last-child`	the last child of a `div` element
`div > :only-child`	the only child of a `div` element

`div > p:first-of-type`	the first `p` element child of a `div` element
`div > p:last-of-type`	the last `p` element child of a `div` element
`div > p:only-of-type`	the only `p` element child of a `div` element

`div > :nth-child(3)`	the third child of a `div` element
`div > :nth-child(even)`	every even child of a `div` element
`div > :nth-child(odd)`	every odd child of a `div` element
`div > :nth-child(3n)`	every third child of a `div` element

`div > :nth-last-child(3)`	the third last child of a `div` element
`div > :nth-last-child(even)`	every even last child of a `div` element
`div > :nth-last-child(odd)`	every odd last child of a `div` element
`div > :nth-last-child(3n)`	every third last child of a `div` element

`div > p:nth-of-type(3)`	the third `p` element child of a `div` element
`div > p:nth-of-type(even)`	every even `p` element child of a `div` element
`div > p:nth-of-type(odd)`	every odd `p` element child of a `div` element
`div > p:nth-of-type(3n)`	every third `p` element child of a `div` element

`div > p:nth-last-of-type(3)`	the third last `p` element child of a `div` element
`div > p:nth-last-of-type(even)`	every even last `p` element child of a `div` element
`div > p:nth-last-of-type(odd)`	every odd last `p` element child of a `div` element
`div > p:nth-last-of-type(3n)`	every third last `p` element child of a `div` element

`p::before`	the beginning of every `p` element
`p::after`	the end of every `p` element
`ol > li::marker`	markers in ordered list items
`p::first-letter`	the first letter of `p` elements
`p::first-line`	the first line of `p` elements
`::footnote-call`	footnote calls, the anchors that refer to footnotes
`::footnote-marker`	footnote markers, placed in front of the actual footnote text