CSS :lang Selector
Example
Select and style every <p> element with a lang attribute value equal to "it" (Italian):
p:lang(it)
{
background: yellow;
}
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Definition and Usage
The :lang() selector is used to select elements with a lang attribute with the specified value.
Note: The lang attribute value is most often a two-letter language code, like lang="fr" (for French), or two language codes combined, like lang="fr-ca" (for Canadian French).
| Version: | CSS2 |
|---|
Browser Support
The numbers in the table specifies the first browser version that fully supports the selector.
| Selector | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| :lang() | 4.0 | 8.0 | 2.0 | 3.1 | 9.6 |
Note: For :lang() to work in IE8, a <!DOCTYPE> must be declared.
CSS Syntax
