--- title: "Attribute substring selectors" description: "Attribute substring selectors" author: "Anonymous User" published: 2013-06-14 updated: 2013-06-15 canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/forum/1097/attribute-substring-selectors category: "css-css3" tags: ["css-css3"] reading_time: 1 minute --- # Attribute substring selectors Hi,\ What is [Attribute](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/221/attributes-reflection) **[Substring](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/12309/how-to-check-if-a-string-contains-a-substring-in-sql-server)** [selectors](https://www.mindstick.com/interview/22831/what-is-the-use-of-selectors-in-objective-c) in [css](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/514/background-gradient-ie7-css-problem) and how to use this? Any idea! I'm waiting your response.\ Thanks in advance. \ ## Replies ### Reply by AVADHESH PATEL Matches the specified substring of an attribute value\ Note Attribute selectors are not supported in webpages that are displayed in the Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 document mode (also known as "Quirks" mode). To use attribute selectors, add a !DOCTYPE directive that specifies a standard-based document. For more information, see Defining Document Compatibility. \ ```

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