Last Updated : 29 Aug, 2024
The element selector in CSS is used to select HTML elements that are required to be styled. In a selector declaration, there is the name of the HTML element and the CSS properties which are to be applied to that element is written inside the brackets {}.
Syntax:
element {
\\ CSS property
}
Example 1: This example shows the element selector in CSS.
html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>element selector</title>
<style>
/* h1 element selected here */
h1 {
color: green;
text-align: center;
}
/* h2 element selected here */
h2 {
text-align: center;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1>
<h2>element Selector</h2>
</body>
</html>
Output:
Example 2: This example shows the element selector in CSS.
html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>element selector</title>
<style>
h1 {
text-align: center;
}
h2 {
text-align: center;
color: green;
font: bolder cursive;
}
form {
text-align: center;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h1>FORM</h1>
<h2>Please fill in details:</h2>
<form action="#">
Name: <input type="text" value="name"><br>
Age: <input type="text" value="age"><br>
City: <input type="text" value="City"><br>
</form>
</body>
</html>
Output:
Supported Browsers: The browser supported by element selectors are listed below:
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HTML:
3.2
| Encoding:
UTF-8
| Version:
0.7.4