# Selectors Master Race

## Basic Selectors

Always use least specificity you need, so all li's instead of ids. Makes future use better

* \#myID `<li id="myID">`
* .myClass `<li class="myClass">`
* li //element selector
* ul li //descendant selector
* ol > li //direct child selector
* li.myClass + li //adjacent sibling(closest/immediately after)
* li.myClass \~ li //matches all later siblings
* \* //all

## Attribute Selectors

*element\[attribute]* - select elements containing the named attribute

* img\[alt] {}
* img:not(\[alt])
* E\[attr="val"] // exact case-sensitive if attribute is case sensitive
* E\[attr\~="val"] //full word matches i.e spaces aroudn &#x20;
* E\[attr|="val"] // attr has val or begins with val-(useful for languages i.e "lang en-uk" or "lang en-us")
* E\[attr^="val"] // starts with val
* This adds link at end of link for all external links, attr(href) prints the exact url preprocessing

  ```css
  a[href^=http]:after { content: " (" attr(href) ")"; }
  ```
* E\[attr$="val"] //ends with val

  ```css
  a[href$=pdf] { background-iamge: url(pdficon.gif); }
  ```
* E\[attr\*="val"] //appears anywhere in content
* E\[attr="val" i] //i adds case insensitive

## UI pseudo-classes

Based on current state of UI, recall CSS updates immediately

```css
input[type=checkbox]:checked + label {
  color: red;
}
```

* :default
* :valid
* :invalid
* :out-of-range //with using min and max, step default to 1
* :not(:valid) { ... }

## Specificity

* {} 0-0-0 //which every has highest number in the column wins left to right
* 1-0-0: ID selector
* 0-1-0: Class selector
* 0-0-1: Element Selector
* On tie whichever comes later


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