CSS3 List of New Selectors
CSS3 introduces several new selectors. Below is a list of these selectors. In the tutorial to follow we will look at several of these selectors in detail.
| Pattern | Meaning |
| E[foo^="bar"] | an E element whose “foo” attribute value begins exactly with the string “bar” |
| E[foo$="bar"] | an E element whose “foo” attribute value ends exactly with the string “bar” |
| E[foo*="bar"] | an E element whose “foo” attribute value contains the substring “bar” |
| E:root | an E element, root of the document |
| E:nth-child(n) | an E element, the n-th child of its parent |
| E:nth-last-child(n) | an E element, the n-th child of its parent, counting from the last one |
| E:nth-of-type(n) | an E element, the n-th sibling of its type |
| E:nth-last-of-type(n) | an E element, the n-th sibling of its type, counting from the last one |
| E:last-child | an E element, last child of its parent |
| E:first-of-type | an E element, first sibling of its type |
| E:last-of-type | an E element, last sibling of its type |
| E:only-child | an E element, only child of its parent |
| E:only-of-type | an E element, only sibling of its type |
| E:empty | an E element that has no children (including text nodes) |
| E:target | an E element being the target of the referring URI |
| E:enabled E:disabled |
a user interface element E which is enabled or disabled |
| E:checked | a user interface element E which is checked (for instance a radio-button or checkbox) |
| E:not(s) | an E element that does not match simple selector s |
| E ~ F | an F element preceded by an E element |