--- title: "What is Pseudo Selectors in html?" description: "What is Pseudo Selectors in html?" author: "Ravi Vishwakarma" published: 2021-07-19 canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/93765/what-is-pseudo-selectors-in-html category: "web application" tags: ["css cascading style sheets", "html5", "javascript"] reading_time: 4 minutes --- # What is Pseudo Selectors in html? What is Pseudo [Selectors](https://www.mindstick.com/interview/22831/what-is-the-use-of-selectors-in-objective-c) in [html](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/12368/why-are-html-themes-the-first-selection-of-designers)? ## Answers ### Answer by user A CSS 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; } ``` **::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

elements: **::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

elements: **::marker Pseudo-element** The ::marker pseudo-element selects the markers of list items. ```

     
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``` **::selection Pseudo-element** ::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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``` \ ### Answer by Ethan Karla pseudo-selectors are used to selecting the Html element on the web page. this pseudo selector is select a particular element. like selecting the first line of code, selecting the link, selecting the first letter, selecting the first child and n-th child, etc from the Html page. pseudo select any element fastly. ## Pseudo Selector works in two ways 1. Pseudo element 2. Pseudo class ## Pseudo element selector pseudo-element selectors are used to selecting the single elements. like, change the color of the first letter, first line, etc. ``` selector :: pseudo element{    property-name: value;} ``` Pseudo class selector There are some pseudo-classes in CSS which are used to define special states of an element. With the use of pseudo-classes, we can apply a style to that element in a particular state of an element. E.g. To change the color of a visited, active, hover link. ``` selector : pseudo-element {   property-name : value; } ``` \ ## Some name of the selector ## \ | : link | unvisited link | | --- | --- | | : visited | visited link | | : hover | mouse over link | | : active | selected link | | :: first-line | selecting the first line | | :: first-letter | selecting the first letter | | :: before | show data before complete precess | | :: after | show data after complete the process | | :: marker | styles the markers of list items | | :: selection | makes the selected text | ## ## Example ```

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