What is Selector?

A CSS selector is the pattern that decides which elements a style rule applies to, matching on element type, class, id, attribute, state or position.

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CSS Specificity CalculatorWork out a selector's specificity and see which parts contributed what.nth-child Selector GeneratorBuild an :nth-child formula and see which items it selects out of a row.

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