Example
Select all elements, and set their background color to yellow:
*
{
background-color: yellow;
}
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Definition and Usage
The * selector selects all elements.
The * selector can also select all elements inside another element (See "More Examples").
| Version: | CSS2 |
|---|
Browser Support
The numbers in the table specifies the first browser version that fully supports the selector.
| Selector | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| * | 4.0 | 7.0 | 2.0 | 3.1 | 9.6 |
CSS Syntax
More Examples
Example
Select all elements inside <div> elements and set their background color to yellow:
div *
{
background-color: yellow;
}
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