- From: Anne van Kesteren (fora) <fora@annevankesteren.nl>
- Date: Tue, 18 May 2004 15:55:10 +0200
- To: Lachlan Hunt <lachlan.hunt@iinet.net.au>
- Cc: W3C Style List <www-style@w3.org>
> I've been reading over the current CSS3 Selectors CR — specifically,
> at the :contains() pseudo class. It states that, since it's a
> pseudo-class it applies to the whole element that contains the text,
> not just the text within the element. So, I'm asking why is there no
> pseudo-element that does just select the text within?
There has been a lot of criticism on the ':contains()' pseudo class and
it is likely to be removed. [1] and other resources. Probably some
discussion behind closed (W3C) doors.
[1] <http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=221981>
(Take note of comment 9)
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Anne van Kesteren
<http://annevankesteren.nl/>
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