Universal (*) Selector

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3) Universal (*

Select all elements, 
and set their background color, font color or any other.



Syntax

*
{
 
declarations;
}  




 

<html>
<head>


<style>
*
{
 background: silver;
 color: blue;
 font-family: Arial, Helvetica,sans-serif;
}

</style>


</head>
<body>

<h1>Welcome to My Homepage</h1>

CSS universal selectors select any type of elements in an HTML page. It matches a single element. An asterisk ( i.e. "*" ) is used to denote a CSS universal selector. An asterisk can also be followed by an selector. This is useful when you want to set a style for of all the elements of an HTML page or for all of the elements within an element of an HTML page

</body>
</html>



 



<html>
<head>
<style>

*.warning
{
color:red;
}

*#maincontent
{
border: 3px solid blue;
}



</style>
</head>
<body>

<h1>Welcome to My Homepage</h1>

<p class="warning">
  <span> A red class   </span> in a red paragraph.
</p>
<p id="maincontent">
  <span class="warning">A red class with border blue id</span> in a green paragraph.
</p>

</body>
</html> 













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