On Jan 9, 2010, at 9:13 PM, Tab Atkins Jr. wrote: > On Sat, Jan 9, 2010 at 6:56 PM, Brad Kemper <brad.kemper@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Jan 9, 2010, at 3:55 PM, "Tab Atkins Jr." <jackalmage@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>>> So, for instance, to "select a P tag that contains an element matching >>>> 'a:hover' in it", you would add a space after the p: >>>> >>>> p :matches(a:hover) >>> >>> No, that selects something different. >>> >>> p :matches(a:hover) >>> is equivalent to >>> p a:hover >> >> How is that different? The 'a' is an element inside the 'p' element. What >> you wrote (with the space) is the same as what was described in the prose. > > "p :matches(a:hover)" does not "select a P tag that contains an > element matching 'a:hover' in it". It matches an a:hover with a <p> > ancestor. The two are very different. > > To select a <p> containing an a:hover, you have to use :has, like > "p:has(a:hover)". OK, then I misunderstood Fremy's objection. I guess I read it too fast and thought that it was the a:hover he was trying to match AND select. The concept of how :matches() is supposed to work is clear to me.
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