Equality attribute selector

Exactly matches the specified property value.

Syntax

[attr=val] { sRules }

Possible values

attr

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 sheet property/value pairs.

Remarks

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

Attributes are case-sensitive.

Example

The following style rule selects any property whose value is exactly test-value:

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

<div class="test" attr="test-value">
    Test for [=] (test-value) succeeded.
</div>

Standards information

This selector is defined in Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Level 2, Revision 1 (CSS2.1) Ee371179.xtlink_newWindow(en-us,Expression.40).png.

See also

Concepts

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

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