CSS - Pseudo-classes and Pseudo-elements

Pseudo-Classes and Pseudo-Elements in CSS

CSS offers a range of styling features that can greatly improve the look and functionality of web elements. We'll delve into some methods, such, as using pseudo classes and pseudo elements styling lists, tables, forms and creating navigation bars and dropdown menus.

Pseudo classes and pseudo elements allow you to target elements based on their state or position in the document structure than their type, class or ID.

For instance pseudo classes like ;hover ;. Nth child are used to define states of an element.

Similarly pseudo elements such, as ;;before and ;;after are employed to style parts of an element.

Code

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
    <title>Pseudo-class and Pseudo-element Example</title>
    <style>
        p:first-child {
            color: red;
        }
        p::before {
            content: "Note: ";
            font-weight: bold;
        }
        p:hover {
            background-color: lightblue;
        }
    </style>
</head>
<body>
    <p>This is the first paragraph.</p>
    <p>This is the second paragraph.</p>
</body>
</html>

Explanation of code

Only the first paragraph is styled with red text using p:first-child.

Before every paragraph's text, p::before bolds and inserts "Note: "

Paragraph backgrounds become bright blue when a paragraph is hovered over, thanks to the p:hover property.

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Pseudo-Classes and Pseudo-Elements in CSS

CSS offers a range of styling features that can greatly improve the look and functionality of web elements. We'll delve into some methods, such, as using pseudo classes and pseudo elements styling lists, tables, forms and creating navigation bars and dropdown menus.

Pseudo classes and pseudo elements allow you to target elements based on their state or position in the document structure than their type, class or ID.

For instance pseudo classes like ;hover ;. Nth child are used to define states of an element.

Similarly pseudo elements such, as ;;before and ;;after are employed to style parts of an element.

Code

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
    <title>Pseudo-class and Pseudo-element Example</title>
    <style>
        p:first-child {
            color: red;
        }
        p::before {
            content: "Note: ";
            font-weight: bold;
        }
        p:hover {
            background-color: lightblue;
        }
    </style>
</head>
<body>
    <p>This is the first paragraph.</p>
    <p>This is the second paragraph.</p>
</body>
</html>

Explanation of code

Only the first paragraph is styled with red text using p:first-child.

Before every paragraph's text, p::before bolds and inserts "Note: "

Paragraph backgrounds become bright blue when a paragraph is hovered over, thanks to the p:hover property.

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