Re: [css3-selectors] The :nth-sibling combinator

On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 10:29 AM, Brad Kemper <brad.kemper@gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Jun 21, 2010, at 10:04 AM, "Tab Atkins Jr." <jackalmage@gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> 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>.
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>> 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.
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> 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:
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> span:first-of-type + span + span

Ah, possibly.  Yeah, I'm not entirely sure of what's being suggested.
I need more examples.

~TJ