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CSS Specificity

Free Chrome extension by AltFTool

CSS Specificity Calculator is a simple and efficient tool designed to help developers understand how CSS selectors are prioritized by the browser. This extension allows users to input any CSS selector and instantly calculate its specificity value by breaking it down into inline styles, IDs, classes, attributes, and element selectors. It helps developers debug styling issues, avoid conflicts, and write more predictable and maintainable CSS. The tool works in a clean and minimal interface, focusing only on calculating and displaying specificity results without modifying any web pages or accessing unnecessary data.

Add to Chrome (opens Chrome Web Store)

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Features

What CSS Specificity does

  • Calculate CSS selector specificity instantly

  • Breakdown of specificity values (IDs, classes, elements)

  • Clean and easy-to-use interface

  • Useful for debugging CSS conflicts

  • Lightweight and fast performance

Install

How to install CSS Specificity

  1. Step 1: Open the extension's page on AltFTool and choose “Add to Chrome”. The official Chrome Web Store listing opens in a new tab.

  2. Step 2: On the store listing, check the developer, the description and the permissions the extension asks for.

  3. Step 3: Click “Add to Chrome”, read the permission prompt Chrome shows, then confirm with “Add extension”.

  4. Step 4: Pin it. Open the puzzle-piece Extensions menu next to the address bar and click the pin icon so it stays one click away.

Using Edge, Brave or Opera?

  • Microsoft Edge, Brave, Opera and Vivaldi are built on Chromium and can install most Chrome Web Store extensions.
  • In Edge, open the store listing and allow “extensions from other stores” when Edge asks, then click “Get” / “Add to Chrome”.
  • Firefox and Safari use a different extension format, so Chrome Web Store items do not install there.

Permissions & privacy

What it can access

Check before you install

Chrome shows the exact permissions CSS Specificity asks for before you confirm the install. You can also read them, and the developer’s data declarations, in the Privacy practices section of the store listing.

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Extension safety checklist

  • Read the permissions. “Read and change all your data on all websites” is powerful. Prefer extensions that only ask for what their job needs, such as activeTab or storage.
  • Check the developer and privacy tab. Every Chrome Web Store listing has a Privacy practices section where the developer declares what data, if any, is collected.
  • Install from the official store. Avoid .crx files from random download sites. Our pages only link to the official Chrome Web Store listing.
  • Prune what you don't use. Every extension adds a little start-up and memory cost. Remove the ones you haven't opened in a month from chrome://extensions.

FAQ

CSS Specificity questions

Is CSS Specificity free?

Yes. CSS Specificity is a free Chrome extension from AltFTool and does not need an AltFTool account.

How do I install CSS Specificity?

Choose “Add to Chrome” on this page to open the official Chrome Web Store listing, review the permissions, then click “Add extension” and pin it from the Extensions menu.

Does CSS Specificity work in Edge or Brave?

CSS Specificity is built for Google Chrome. Chromium-based browsers such as Microsoft Edge, Brave and Opera can usually install Chrome Web Store extensions too; Firefox and Safari cannot.

What can CSS Specificity do?

Calculate CSS selector specificity instantly; Breakdown of specificity values (IDs, classes, elements); Clean and easy-to-use interface; Useful for debugging CSS conflicts.

What permissions does CSS Specificity need?

Chrome shows the exact permissions before you confirm the install, and the store listing shows them too. Paste them into AltFTool's Browser Extension Permission Analyzer for a plain-English explanation.

Get CSS Specificity for Chrome

Free, no AltFTool account needed. Installs from the official Chrome Web Store.