freeCodeCamp/guide/english/css/selectors/general/universal/index.md

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Universal

Universal

Universal Selector(*) selects all elements . It also selects all elements inside an element. You can attach universal selector with any other selector.

Code Syntax

* { 
  css declarations; 
}

element * {
  css declarations; 
}

Code Example

This selector matches all elements and set font color as green.

* { 
  color: green;
}

This selector selects all div elements and set font color as green.

div * { 
  color: green;
}

This selector selects all elements whose language attribute value starts with en.

* [lang^=en] {
  color: green;
}