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Pseudo-Class: CSS Class Notes

Updated: Oct 21, 2022

Mobiprep has created last-minute notes for all topics of Pseudo-Class to help you with the revision of concepts for your university examinations. So let’s get started with the lecture notes on Pseudo-Class.


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Pseudo-Class


Question 1 - Explain Pseudo class with example.

Answer - A pseudo-class is a selector that selects elements that are in a specific state, e.g. they are the first element of their type, or they are being hovered over by the mouse pointer.


A pseudo-class is used to define a special state of an element. For example, it can be used to:

Style an element when a user mouses over it.

Style visited and unvisited links differently.

Style an element when it gets focus


Syntax-

The syntax of pseudo-classes:

selector:pseudo-class {
property: value;
}

A CSS pseudo-element is a keyword added to a selector that lets you style aspecific part of the selected element(s).

 

Question 2 - Explain the hover pseudo class in detail.

Answer - hover CSS pseudo-class matches when the user interacts with an element with a pointing device, but does not necessarily activate it.

Example-

div:hover {
background-color:blue;
}
Hover over a <div> element to show a <p> element (like a tooltip):
):p {
display: none;
background-color:yellow;
padding: 20px;
}
div:hover p {
display: block;
}

 

Question 3- Explain CSS Pseudo Elements in detail.

Answer - pseudo-element is used to style specified parts of an element.


For example, it can be used to:

Style the first letter, or line, of an element.

Insert content before, or after, the content of an element

Syntax-

The syntax of pseudo-elements:

selector::pseudo-element {
property: value;
}

The ::first-line Pseudo-element-

The ::first-line pseudo-element is used to add a special style to the first line of a text.


The following example formats the first line of the text in all <p> elements:


Example

p::first-line {
color: #ff0000;
font-variant: small-caps;
}

The following properties apply to the ::first-line pseudo-element:

  1. font properties

  2. color properties

  3. background properties word-spacing

  4. letter-spacing

  5. text-decoration

  6. vertical-align

  7. text-transform

  8. line-height clear

The ::first-letter Pseudo-element

The ::first-letter pseudo-element is used to add a special style to the first letter of a text.


The following example formats the first letter of the text in all <p> elements:

p::first-letter {
color: #ff0000;
font-size: xx-large;
}

The following properties apply to the ::first-letter pseudo- element:

  1. font properties

  2. color properties

  3. background properties

  4. margin properties

  5. padding properties

  6. border properties

  7. text-decoration

  8. vertical-align (only if &quot;float&quot; is &quot;none&quot;)

  9. text-transform

  10. line-height

  11. float

  12. clear


CSS -The ::before Pseudo-element-


The ::before pseudo-element can be used to insert some content before the content of an element.


CSS - The ::after Pseudo-element-


The ::after pseudo-element can be used to insert some content after the content of an element.


CSS - The ::selection Pseudo element-


The ::selection pseudo-element matches the portion of an element that is selected by a user. The following CSS properties can be applied to ::selection: color, background, cursor, and outline.





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