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==== Selector Hacks ====

===== Star HTML hack =====

The <code>html</code> element is the root element of the W3C standard [[Document Object Model|DOM]], but Internet explorer versions 5.5 and 6 include a mysterious parent element. Fully-compliant browsers will ignore the <code>* html</code> selector, while IE 5.5 and 6 will process it normally. This enables rules to be specified for these versions of Internet Explorer which will be ignored by all other browsers. For Example:example, this rule specifies text size in Internet Explorer 5.5 and 6, but not in any other browsers.

* html p {font-size: 5em; }

<pre>

* html p {font-size: 5em; /* Specifies text size in Internet Explorer 5.5 and 6, but not in any other browsers */ }

</pre>

===== html>body hack =====

Versions of Internet Explorer before version 7 do not support the "child selector" (<code>></code>), allowing rules to be specified for all browsers except Internet Explorer. For example:, this rule will turn paragraph text blue in Firefox, but not in IE.

<pre> html>&gt;body p {color: blue; /* Turns paragraph text blue in Firefox, but not in IE */}</pre>

==== Criticisms of Hacks ====