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CSS CSS Selectors Going Further with Attribute Selectors and Pseudo-Classes Substring Matching Attribute Selectors - "Begins With" and "Ends With"

Posted by Daylin Jones
Daylin Jones
5,981 Points

Substring Matching Attribute Selectors: Before and After

I am coding in the Coffee Cup HTML editor trying to use Gil's substring code on my website but it does not seem to work. I typed

a[href^="Home"] { border:3px solid tomato; }

for the CSS on my services page just to test it out but it doesn't seem to do anything. Here is my site, for reference: crescentwebdesign.com

2 Answers

Riku S.
Riku S.
11,322 Points

So you're trying to make a border for home page link in navigation? Your home page filename is index.html, not Home.

a[href="index.html"] {
  border:3px solid tomato;
}
Daylin Jones
Daylin Jones
5,981 Points
Daylin Jones
Daylin Jones
5,981 Points

Perfect. Thank you. I misunderstood the syntax.