How to get CSS to select ID that begins with a string (not in Javascript)?

Question

If the HTML has elements like this:

id=\"product42\"
id=\"product43\"
...

How do I match all of those id\'s starting with \"product\"?

Answer 1

I noticed that there is another CSS selector that does the same thing . The syntax is as follows :

[id|="name_id"]

This will select all elements ID which begins with the word enclosed in double quotes.

Answer 2

Use the attribute selector

[id^=product]{property:value}

Answer 3

I'd do it like this:

[id^="product"] {
  ...
}

Ideally, use a class. This is what classes are for:

<div id="product176" class="product"></div>
<div id="product177" class="product"></div>
<div id="product178" class="product"></div>

And now the selector becomes:

.product {
  ...
}

Answer 4

[id^=product]

^= indicates "starts with". Conversely, $= indicates "ends with".

The symbols are actually borrowed from Regex syntax, where ^ and $ mean "start of string" and "end of string" respectively.

See the specs for full information.