How to Use a CSS ID Selector
By Stephen Bucaro
A CSS id selector, which uses the pound sign (#), can be used to select one, and only one
html element on a webpage (the element with its id attribute set to the same name
as the name after the Id selector). Shown below is html code for a div with its id
attribute set to "appbtn".
<div id="appbtn">This box was styled by the id selector #appbtn</div>
The id for an html element cannot begin with a number or a hyphen followed by a number.
The id cannot contain spaces, and the only punctuation characters allowed are the hyphen
(-) and the underscore (_).
Shown below is a CSS declaration block that uses the id selector to select and apply style
rules to the element with its id attribute set to "appbtn".
<style type="text/css">
#appbtn
{
width:130px;
height:60px;
padding:4px;
border-style:solid;
border-color:#009000;
background-color:#66ff66;
font-family:verdana;
font-size:14px;
box-shadow: 6px 6px 4px #a0a0a0;
}
</style>
Note: If you need to apply the same set of style rules to multiple html elements, even to
dissimilar elements, you should use a class selector. The class selector uses a dot (.)
in front of the name instead of a pound sign, and the html element to receive the class
used the class attribute rather than the id attribute.
More CSS Quick Reference:
• position:absolute
• Set an Element's Overlap (z-index)
• Set List Bullets Position
• Use an External Style Sheet
• Grouped Selectors
• Style the First Line
• Style the First Letter
• position:fixed
• Set an Element's Float
• Set The Cursor Style
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