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At dConstruct last year Richard Rutter and I had the pleasure of hosting the CSS3 portion of the HTML5 and CSS3 Workshop. It sold out fast and was so popular that we're holding another CSS3 workshop on the 29th January 2010.

One of the handouts we gave to attendees was this useful little reference guide to CSS selectors. Made using CSS transitions, the pocketbook is printable in WebKit browsers and modern versions of Firefox, or you can download a PDF version. You can read more about how it works in my explanation of dinky pocketbooks.

The pocketbook includes all the available selectors in CSS2.1 & CSS3. Most of these have very good support and you can use them quite happily right now. Even some that are currently less supported can be used to provide additional visual flair to newer browsers. CSS selectors also come in handy to get elements in JavaScript when you are using a CSS-based JavaScript selector engine such as in jQuery.

If you are interested in learning more about CSS3, come along to workshop on the 29th January.

Posted at 3:34 pm on the 4th of January 2010. 57 Comments

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