Selectors

Available selectors
The list of default selectors supported by CSSelly:
* any element
E an element of type E
E[foo] an E element with a "foo" attribute
E[foo="bar"] an E element whose "foo" attribute value is exactly equal to "bar"
E[foo~="bar"] an E element whose "foo" attribute value is a list of whitespace-separated values, one of which is exactly equal to "bar"
E[foo^="bar"] an E element whose "foo" attribute value begins exactly with the string "bar"
E[foo$="bar"] an E element whose "foo" attribute value ends exactly with the string "bar"
E[foo*="bar"] an E element whose "foo" attribute value contains the substring "bar"
E[foo|="en"] an E element whose "foo" attribute has a hyphen-separated list of values beginning (from the left) with "en"
E:root an E element, root of the document
E:nth-child(n) an E element, the n-th child of its parent
E:nth-last-child(n) an E element, the n-th child of its parent, counting from the last one
E:nth-of-type(n) an E element, the n-th sibling of its type
E:nth-last-of-type(n) an E element, the n-th sibling of its type, counting from the last one
E:first-child an E element, first child of its parent
E:last-child an E element, last child of its parent
E:first-of-type an E element, first sibling of its type
E:last-of-type an E element, last sibling of its type
E:only-child an E element, only child of its parent
E:only-of-type an E element, only sibling of its type
E:empty an E element that has no children (including text nodes)
E#myid an E element with ID equal to “myid”.
E F an F element descendant of an E element
E > F an F element child of an E element
E + F an F element immediately preceded by an E element
E ~ F an F element preceded by an E element
The list of additional pseudo-classes and pseudo-functions supported by CSSelly:
:first
:last
:button
:checkbox
:file
:header
:image
:input
:parent
:password
:radio
:reset
:selected
:checked
:submit
:text
:even
:odd
:eq(n)
:gt(n)
:lt(n)
:contains(text)
Escaping
CSSelly supports escaping characters using the backslash, e.g.: nspace\:name refers to the tag name nspace:name (that uses namespaces) and not for pseudo-class name.
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