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In [[Cascading Style Sheets]], '''pseudo-elements''' are style rules that affect certain parts of a [[web page]].

== Description ==

Pseudo-elements are added to the browser's [[Document Object Model]] (DOM).  

Pseudo-elements really are elements in the web page, because the DOM is the browser's internal representation of all the CSS rules it has processed.

== Example ==

* Style the first letter, or line, of an element
* Insert content before, or after, the content of an element

== Pseudo-class ==

Compare [[Pseudo-class (CSS)]].

== See also ==

* [[Cascade (CSS)]]
* [[Cascade weight (CSS)]]
* [[Cascading Style Sheets]]
* [[Pseudo-class (CSS)]]