freeCodeCamp/guide/english/css/selectors/attribute/star/index.md

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Star CSS attribute selector or * is used for selecting attributes that contain specific value.

CSS Syntax

attribute *= value {
    css declarations;
}

Example

If you want to search all anchor links that contain "code" anywhere in the URL value and make them yellow, you can do it like this:

a[href*="code"] {
   color: yellow;
}

Set a background color on all <div> elements that have a class attribute value containing "backing":

div[class*="backing"] {
    background: #ffff00;
}