Do CSS namespace attribute selectors work with XHTML/HTML elements?

Question

I want to style elements with xlink:href attribute in a XHTML, however I can\'t make it work. My test code:

Answer 1

They do. You've just set up either your markup or your CSS rules incorrectly.

Your attribute selectors are looking for elements with href attributes (in the respective namespaces), but your <p> elements have xref attributes, not href attributes, so they don't match.

Your <xyz:p> and <xyz> elements on the other hand all have href attributes, so those are the ones that end up matching your attribute selectors instead.