Selecting Elements by ID
Description
The ID selector selects elements by the id attribute.
- Selector:
#idvalueorelementType.#idvalue - Matches: The element with
idvalueas the id global attribute - Since CSS Version: 1
The value of an element's id attribute must be unique within the HTML document.
The ID selector is looking for a single element.
Example
The following code demonstrates the use of the id selector.
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
<style type="text/css">
#w3canchor {<!-- w w w. ja va 2 s. com-->
border: thin black solid;
padding: 4px;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<a id="anchor" href="http://java2s.com">Visit the website </a>
<a id="w3canchor" href="http://w3c.org">Visit the W3C website</a>
</body>
</html>