Existence [] Attribute Selector New for Windows Internet Explorer 7

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Matches the attribute, whatever its value.

Syntax

HTML [att] { sRules }
Scripting N/A

Possible Values

att Must be either an Identifier or a String.
sRules String that specifies one or more Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) attribute/value pairs.

Remarks

This selector is available as of Internet Explorer 7.

Attribute selectors are enabled only in standards-compliant mode (strict !DOCTYPE).

Attributes are case-sensitive.

Example

The following style rule selects elements that use the "special" attribute.

<style>
    .test     { display:none; }
    [special] { display:block; }
</style>

<div class="test" special>Test for [] (Existence) succeeded.</div>

Standards Information

This selector is defined in Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Level 3 (CSS3).

See Also

Class Selector, Equality [=] Attribute Selector, Hyphen [|=] Attribute Selector, ID Selector, Prefix [^=] Attribute Selector, Substring [*=] Attribute Selector, Suffix [$=] Attribute Selector, Type Selector, Universal (*) Selector, Whitespace [~=] Attribute Selector