Syntax

HTML	[att^=val] { sRules }
Scripting	N/A

Possible Values

att	Must be either an Identifier or a String.
val	Must be either an Identifier or a String.
sRules	String that specifies one or more Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) attribute/value pairs.

Remarks

Note   Requires Windows Internet Explorer 7 or later.

Note   Attribute selectors are enabled only in standards-compliant mode (strict !DOCTYPE).

Attributes are case-sensitive.

Example

The following style rule selects any attribute whose value begins with "B."

<style>
    .test       { display:none; }
    [attr^="B"] { display:block; }
</style>

<div class="test" attr="Blue">Test for [^=] (Prefix) succeeded.</div>

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Standards Information

This selector is defined in Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Level 3 (CSS3).

See Also

Class Selector, Equality [=] Attribute Selector, Existence [] Attribute Selector, Hyphen [|=] Attribute Selector, ID Selector, Substring [*=] Attribute Selector, Suffix [$=] Attribute Selector, Type Selector, Universal (*) Selector, Whitespace [~=] Attribute Selector