Supported CSS Selectors
(CSS 1, CSS 2, CSS 3)

With the DOMAssistant Core module and its $ method comes support for using CSS selectors to get a reference to one or multiple elements. There is support for any major CSS element selector in CSS 1, CSS 2 and CSS 3, with the exact same syntax as you would use in a CSS file.

For an in-depth explanation of the CSS selectors and examples of how us them, please read CSS 2.1 selectors and CSS 3 selectors explained.

Implemented CSS selectors

#container
Get an element with the id "container".
.item
Get all elements with the class name "item".
#container.item
Get an element with the id "container", if it also has the class name "item".
p.info.error
Get all P elements with both a class name consisting of both "info" and "item".
div p
Get all P elements which are descendants of any DIV element.
div > p
Get all P elements which are direct descendants of any DIV element.
div + p
Get all P elements where their immediate previous sibling element is a DIV element.
div ~ p
Get all P elements which are following siblings to a DIV element (not necessarily immediate siblings).
div[id]
Get any DIV element which has an ID attribute.
div[id=container]
Get any DIV element which has an ID attribute with the value of "container".
input[type=text][value=Yes]
Get any INPUT element which has a TYPE attribute with the value of "text" and a VALUE attribute which is ="Yes".
div[id^=empt]
Get any DIV element where the ID attribute value begins with "empt".
div[id$=parent]
Get any DIV element where the ID attribute value ends with "parent".
div[id*=mpt]
Get any DIV element where the ID attribute value contains the text "mpt".
div[foo~=bar]
Get any DIV element where the foo attribute is a list of space-separated values, one of which is exactly equal to "bar".
div[lang|=en]
Get any DIV element where the lang attribute has a hyphen-separated list of values beginning (from the left) with "en".
div:first-child
Get any DIV element which is the first child of its parent element.
div:last-child
Get any DIV element which is the last child of its parent.
div:only-child
Get any DIV element which is the only child of its parent.
div#container p:first-of-type
Get the P element which is the first P element child of a DIV element with an ID attribute with the value "container".
p:last-of-type
Get the P element which is the last P element child of its parent element.
p:only-of-type
Get any P element which is the only P element child of its parent element.
p:nth-of-type(7)
Get the P element which is the 7th P element child of its parent element.
div:empty
Get any DIV element which is completely empty (including text nodes).
div:not([id=container])
Get any DIV element where its ID attribute is not "container".
div:nth-child(3)
Get any DIV element which is the third child element of its parent element.
div:nth-child(odd)
Get every odd DIV child element of its parent element.
div:nth-child(even)
Get every even DIV child element of its parent element.
div:nth-child(5n+3)
Get every 5th DIV child element of its parent element, starting at 3, then 8, 13, 18 etc.
tr:nth-last-of-type(-n+3)
Get the last three rows of any tables.
td:nth-last-child(n+1)
Get all but the last column of any tables.
input:enabled
Get any INPUT element which is enabled.
input:disabled
Get any INPUT element which is disabled.
input:checked
Get any INPUT element which is checked.
div:lang(zh)
Get any DIV element which is in Chinese.
p:target
Get the P element which is the target of the referring URL.
p, a
Get all P elements and all A elements.
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