# :target Selector

## target ( ) version added: 1.9

Description: Selects the target element indicated by the fragment identifier of the document's URI.

If the document's URI contains a fragment identifier, or hash, then the `:target` selector will match the element with an ID that matches the identifier. For example, given a document with a URI of http://example.com/#foo, `$( "p:target" )` will select the `<p id="foo">` element.

Further discussion of this usage can be found in the W3C CSS specification.