Role of CSS :target Selector


Use the CSS :target selector to highlight active HTML anchor with CSS.

Example

You can try to run the following code to implement the :target Selector

Live Demo

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
   <head>
      <style>
         :target {
            border: 2px solid #D4D4D4;
            background-color: orange;
            color: white;
         }
      </style>
   </head>
   <body>
      <p>Click any of the subject below.</p>
      <p><a href = "#tut1">Maths</a></p>
      <p><a href = "#tut2">Java</a></p>
      <p><a href = "#tut3">C++</a></p>
      <p><a href = "#tut4">C</a></p>
      <p>This is demo text.</p>
      <p>This is demo text.</p>
      <p>This is demo text.</p>
      <p>This is demo text.</p>
      <p>This is demo text.</p>
      <p id = "tut1"><b>Maths Tutorial</b></p>
      <p id = "tut2"><b>Java Tutorial</b></p>
      <p id = "tut3"><b>C++ Tutorial</b></p>
      <p id = "tut4"><b>C Tutorial</b></p>
   </body>
</html>

Updated on: 01-Jul-2020

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