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WDS57 - CSS Pseudo-Elements

In the last two article, we learned about pseudo-classes in CSS and also done some interesting examples to practice it. Hope you have checked the link given in the last article, where we get a complete list of pseudo-classes in CSS. It is very easy to learn them when you know what the concept is used in it.
Moving forward, today it's time for pseudo-elements. Let's begin...

Pseudo...again

Just like the pseudo-classes, pseudo-elements are used to style specified parts of an element. They can be useful in styling particular letter of text or insert content after some specified character using CSS.

Syntax

The syntax for pseudo-elements is similar to that of pseudo-classes:

 selector:: pseudo-element {
    property: value;
}

 Note: We used single-colon for pseudo-classes while double-colon for pseudo-elements.

The ::first-line Pseudo-element

As the name suggests, ::first-line pseudo-element is used to select first-line of any text. It is important to note that, first line here is not the line which is ended by full-stop but the one which will cover one horizontal line on the browser. So it will change as user resize the browser. If you want just specified part as the first line, use <br> that is break element after it, so that your desired part will only be the first line.
Following properties are available for ::first-line pseudo-element:
  • All color properties including background-color
  • All font properties
  • word-spacing, letter-spacing, line-height
  • text-transform, text-decoration
  • vertical-align
  • clear
Let's see one example...

The ::first-letter Pseudo-element

Selects the first letter of a text..here is syntax...
p::first-letter {
    color: #00FF00;
    font-size: 1.5em;
}

Following properties are available for ::first-letter pseudo-element:
  • All color properties including background-color
  • All font properties
  • margin, padding, border
  • text-transform, text-decoration
  • vertical-align
  • clear, float
That's all for today. Today we learned the basics of pseudo-elements in CSS. In the next article, we will combine more than one pseudo-elements and also learn to use them with pseudo-classes.
Till then #keepCoding.
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