- From: Brad Kemper <brad.kemper@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2010 10:29:31 -0700
- To: "Tab Atkins Jr." <jackalmage@gmail.com>
- Cc: Eduard Pascual <herenvardo@gmail.com>, Gabriele Romanato <gabriele.romanato@gmail.com>, "www-style@w3.org" <www-style@w3.org>
On Jun 21, 2010, at 10:04 AM, "Tab Atkins Jr." <jackalmage@gmail.com> wrote: >> However, what would happen if you had something like this? >> <div> >> <span>...</span> >> <img ... alt="Now things are getting funnier!"> >> <span>...</span> >> </div> >> Then we get a difference between what the selectors would match: >> div>span+span+span matches nothing, while div>span:nth-child(3) >> matches the <span> after the <img>. > > The actual equivalent of "span:nth-sibling(3)" is "* + * + span". > Both of these would match the same things in both examples, and in > your example below. It seems the intent is not clear. I thought 'span:nth-sibling(3)' was supposed to match only the third of that type, when sequential. Like this: span:first-of-type + span + span
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