I want to apply a CSS rule to any element whose one of the classes matches specified prefix.
E.g. I want a rule that will apply to div that has class that starts with status- (A and C, but not B in following snippet):
<div id='A' class='foo-class status-important bar-class'></div>
<div id='B' class='foo-class bar-class'></div>
<div id='C' class='foo-class status-low-priority bar-class'></div>
Some sort of combination of:
div[class|=status] and div[class~=status-]
Is it doable under CSS 2.1? Is it doable under any CSS spec?
Note: I do know I can use jQuery to emulate that.
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CSS Attribute selectors will allow you to check attributes for a string. (in this case - a class-name)
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/Attribute_selectors
(looks like it's actually at 'recommendation' status for 2.1 and 3)
Here's an outline of how I *think it works:
[ ] : is the container for complex selectors if you will... class : 'class' is the attribute you are looking at in this case.* : modifier(if any): in this case - "wildcard" indicates you're looking for ANY match.test- : the value (assuming there is one) of the attribute - that contains the string "test-" (which could be anything)So, for example:
[class*='test-'] {
color: red;
}
You could be more specific if you have good reason, with the element too
ul[class*='test-'] > li { ... }
I've tried to find edge cases, but I see no need to use a combination of ^ and * - as * gets everything...
example: http://codepen.io/sheriffderek/pen/MaaBwp
http://caniuse.com/#feat=css-sel2
Everything above IE6 will happily obey. : )
note that:
[class] { ... }
Will select anything with a class...
You can't do this no. There is one attribute selector that matches exactly or partial until a - sign, but it wouldn't work here because you have multiple attributes. If the class name you are looking for would always be first, you could do this:
<html>
<head>
<title>Test Page</title>
<style type="text/css">
div[class|=status] { background-color:red; }
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div id='A' class='status-important bar-class'>A</div>
<div id='B' class='bar-class'>B</div>
<div id='C' class='status-low-priority bar-class'>C</div>
</body>
</html>
Note that this is just to point out which CSS attribute selector is the closest, it is not recommended to assume class names will always be in front since javascript could manipulate the attribute.
This is not possible with CSS selectors. But you could use two classes instead of one, e.g. status and important instead of status-important.
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