Tapajyoti Bose
Posted on May 23, 2021
What are CSS pseudo-classes
?
A CSS pseudo-class
is a selector which specifies a specific state of the selected element. For example :hover
enables the developer to target the state when an element is being hovered.
In this article, we will cover some helpful Pseudo Classes
.
Hover
:hover
is probably the most used pseudo-class
in CSS. It selects the state of the element when the user hovers over it using a pointing device, like a mouse.
If you are looking to create the hover effect in the demo, you might like this article
Focus
:focus
is used to select the state of an element when the user selects it. To use this pseudo-class
, you need a selectable component, like a button or an input, or manually convert it to a tab-able element using tabindex.
Checked
:checked
targets radio and checkbox inputs when they are checked or toggled.
Enabled and Disabled
:enabled
and :disabled
are employed to select the state of an input element when it is enabled and disabled.
Valid and Invalid
:valid
and :invalid
target input elements whose input text are valid and invalid.
Root
The :root
CSS pseudo-class
matches the root element of a tree representing the document. In HTML, :root
represents the <html>
element and is identical to the selector html
, except that its specificity is higher. It is frequently used to add CSS variables.
How to implement the Dark Mode is given in this article
First Child, Last Child and nth Child
:first-child
, :last-child
and :nth-child()
targets a component if it is the first, last and the nth child of a parent element.
NOTE: :nth-child
can be used as :first-child
by using :nth-child(1)
First of Type, Last of Type, and nth of Type
:first-of-type
, :last-of-type
and :nth-of-type
respectively selects the first, last and nth occurrence of a given element in the HTML body.
NOTE: :nth-of-type
can be used as :first-of-type
by using :nth-of-type(1)
Reference
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Posted on May 23, 2021
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