Universal selector

Matches any element type.

Syntax

* { sRules }

Possible values

Remarks

The universal selector matches every element in the document tree. If the universal selector is not the only component of a simple selector, the "*" may be omitted. For example:

• *.myclass and .myclass are equivalent.

• *#myid and #myid are equivalent.

• *:hover and :hover are equivalent.

Example

The following style rule draws a thin orange border around every element on the page:

<style>
    * {border: 1px solid orange;}
</style>

Standards information

This selector is defined in Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Level 2 (CSS2) .

See also

Concepts

Understanding selectors
Class selector
Equality attribute selector
Existence attribute selector
Hyphen attribute selector
ID selector
Prefix attribute selector
Substring attribute selector
Suffix attribute selector
Type selector
Whitespace attribute selector

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