CSS element Selector (original) (raw)

Last Updated : 29 Aug, 2024

The element selector in CSS is used to select HTML elements that are required to be styled. In a selector declaration, there is the name of the HTML element and the CSS properties which are to be applied to that element is written inside the brackets {}.

**Syntax:

element {
\ CSS property
}

**Example 1: This example shows the element selector in CSS.

html `

<style>
    /* h1 element selected here */
    h1 {
        color: green;
        text-align: center;
    }

    /* h2 element selected here */
    h2 {
        text-align: center;
    }
</style>

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**Output:

**Example 2: This example shows the element selector in CSS.

html `