How to style CSS role
Use CSS attribute selectors:
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/CSS/Attribute_selectors
e.g.:
div[role=main]
Accessing it like this should work: #content[role="main"]
The shortest way to write a selector that accesses that specific div is to simply use
[role=main] {
/* CSS goes here */
}
The previous answers are not wrong, but they rely on you using either a div or using the specific id. With this selector, you'll be able to have all kinds of crazy markup and it would still work and you avoid problems with specificity.
[role=main] {
background: rgba(48, 96, 144, 0.2);
}
div,
span {
padding: 5px;
margin: 5px;
display: inline-block;
}
<div id="content" role="main">
<span role="main">Hello</span>
</div>