CSS: types of selectors

By Xah Lee. Date: . Last updated: .

CSS selectors are classified into several categories.

Simple selectors

selector by tag name, class name, id, or other attributes, or pseudo-class, pseudo-element.

Compound selectors

selector that's a sequence of simple selectors.

Complex Selectors (combinators)

A selector that contains at least one combinator operator (relationship between elements) is called a complex selector.

Selector Lists

Multiple selectors separated by comma.