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CSS Data Type - <ident>
The CSS data type <ident> signifies an arbitrary string that is used as an identifier.
Syntax
The data type <custom-ident> has the syntax that is similar to CSS identifiers, such as property names. The only difference is that it is case-sensitive. It can contain one or more characters, where characters can be one of the following:
Any alphabetical character (A to Z, or a to z),
Any decimal digit (0 to 9),
A hyphen (-),
An underscore (_),
An escaped character (preceded by a backslash, \),
A Unicode character in the format of a backslash (\), followed by one to six hexadecimal digits. It represents the Unicode code point.
Note: Since the syntax of <custom-ident> is case-sensitive, the identifiers such as, ID1, id1, Id1 and iD1 are all different identifiers.
/* Valid identifiers */ test1 /* A mix of alphanumeric characters and numbers */ test-sample /* A mix of alphanumeric characters and numbers with a hyphen (-) */ -test1 /* A dash/hyphen followed by alphanumeric characters */ --test1 /* A custom-property like identifier */ _test1 /* An underscore followed by alphanumeric characters */ \11 test /* A Unicode character followed by a sequence of alphanumeric characters */ test\.sample /* A correctly escaped period */ /* Invalid identifiers */ 25rem /* Must not start with a decimal digit */ -25rem /* Must not start with a dash/hyphen followed by a decimal digit */ test.sample /* Only alphanumeric characters, _, and - needn't be escaped */ 'test1' /* No string allowed */ "test1" /* No string allowed */
CSS <ident> - Custom identifier used as a variable
The following example demonstrates the use of <ident> data type to declare a variable and use it in the css styling:
<html> <head> <style> :root { --body-background-color: peachpuff; } div { background-color: var(--body-background-color); width: 300px; height: 300px; border: 3px solid black; } </style> </head> <body> <h1>custom-ident - example</h1> <div></div> </body> </html>
In the example above, a custom property is declared using the data type <custom-ident>, named --body-background-color to set the color for the div element. Here the syntax uses two dashes to start the name followed by alphabetical characters and hyphens.
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