Re: List of selectors under consideration for Selectors Level 4?

Can we get :time as discussed in previous threads in that wiki list Tab?
On Aug 17, 2012 12:55 PM, "Tab Atkins Jr." <jackalmage@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 11:22 AM, Greg Houston
> <gregory.houston@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 10:07 AM, Marat Tanalin | tanalin.com
> > <mtanalin@yandex.ru> wrote:
> >> 16.08.2012, 18:46, "Tab Atkins Jr." <jackalmage@gmail.com>:
> >>> Instead of "p - ul" (select a <ul> whose following sibling is a <p>),
> >>> do "!ul + p".  Same selector as always, but the ! tells the engine
> >>> which element is the "subject" of the selector.
> >>>
> >>> As Marat says, you can combine this with :matches() if you then want
> >>> to chain off of the element.
> >>
> >> Marat said this combination is horrible compared with previous-sibling
> combinator.
> >
> > Thanks everyone. Yeah, ":matches(!UL + P) > LI" is definitely way more
> > confusing than "P - UL > LI", but I am glad there is a way to do it
> > none-the-less.
>
> Using :matches() in that manner is basically equivalent to jQuery's
> :has().  That is, the following two selectors are equivalent:
>
> CSS: :matches(!ul + p) > li
> jQuery: ul:has(+ p) > li
>
> > It seems that some of the more commonly used variations
> > on the use of :matches(!) could use their own selectors, e.g.,
> > previous-sibling and jQuery's .closest(), .parent(), and parents().
> >
> > .closest()
> > Get the first element that matches the selector, beginning at the
> > current element and progressing up through the DOM tree.
>
> Yeah, a "closest descendant" combinator has been suggested before, and
> was recorded in the wiki page for Selectors level 4.  I've moved it
> and several others over to a generic "next level Selectors" page:
> <http://wiki.csswg.org/spec/selectors>
>
> > How do you write the opposite of .panel > header > .btn?
> > :matches(!panel > :matches(!header > .btn))
> >
> > I gave it a go, but probably didn't get it right. It's definitely
> confusing.
>
> You mean, you want to grab a .panel that has a header child that has a
> .btn child?  If so, you don't need to use :matches() at all - just use
> the subject selector:
>
> !.panel > header > .btn
>
> ~TJ
>
>

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