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CSS :lang() Selector

Online Example

The style selected for each <p> element whose lang attribute value equals "it(Italian)":

Example

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">　
<title>Basic Tutorial(oldtoolbag.com)</title>　
<style>
p:lang(it)
{　
　　　　background:orange;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<p>I live in Italy./p>
<p>I live in Italy./p>
<p lang="it">Ciao bella!/p>
<p><b>Notice:</b>　:lang　acts on　IE8,　DOCTYPE　must have been declared.</p>
</body>
</html>

Test to see ‹/›

Definition and Usage

:lang adds styles to elements that start with the specified lang attribute.

Note: The value is the whole word, like lang="en" alone, or use hyphen (-)like lang ="en-us".

Browser Compatibility

The numbers in the table indicate the first browser version number that supports the attribute.

Selector
:lang()	4.0	8.0	2.0	3.1	9.6

Note: :lang in IE8Running in the middle, must declare<!DOCTYPE>.

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