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CSS

Posted by Sandra Vu
Sandra Vu
3,525 Points

Combination of selectors- *[class~= black]?

Just saw this in an email code. Why combining these two selectors? universal and attribute~=

*[class~=m_br_r5]

2 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
243,656 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
243,656 Points

This selector combination seems to be for a specific class.

The selector "*[class~= black]" would select any element that had the class black,
and the selector "*[class~=m_br_r5]" would select any element that had the class m_br_r5.

Where did you see these? It's not clear to me that these would operate any differently that the normal class selectors ".black" and ".m_br_r5".

Sandra Vu
Sandra Vu
3,525 Points
Sandra Vu
Sandra Vu
3,525 Points

Hi Steven

I săw this in an email markup, thinking it could be an email hack to get the right rendered look in a quirky email client.