Re: [css-selectors] :contains()

> Ah, okay. The explamation mark is the subject selector see 
> http://dev.w3.org/csswg/selectors4/#subject
Ah, that's a great enhancement. Didn't notice that before.

> This is what makes it possible to match elements based on the aspects of
> an elements children, but since it is already a feature of the next 
> selectors spec, I just dont think we need to duplicate similar 
> functionality inside the :contains selector.
Agree. As I understand the subject selector will make :contains( <selector> ) unnecessary.

> Technically you will also miss the opportunity to match 'word' in 
> something like: <span>wo<em>rd</em></span>, but is that needed?
So :contains() could really be restricted to text nodes, if we agree not to be able to cover that use case (which could still be covered in a later enhancement).
Sounds acceptable to me.

Sebastian
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Received on Friday, 20 April 2012 13:59:05 UTC