What is the asterisk selector (known as Universal Selector)
About
The universal selector 1) is the star character. (asterisk U+002A
It permits to select all type of tag element. The selection matchs any tag name.
Example
All descendant elements of the body that have a foo attribute
body *[foo]
Syntax
*
The following expressions are equivalent
| Name | Expression 1 | Expression 2 |
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| Element selector |
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| Class selector |
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| id selector |
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