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# css-select [![NPM version](http://img.shields.io/npm/v/css-select.svg)](https://npmjs.org/package/css-select) [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.com/fb55/css-select.svg?branch=master)](http://travis-ci.com/fb55/css-select) [![Downloads](https://img.shields.io/npm/dm/css-select.svg)](https://npmjs.org/package/css-select) [![Coverage](https://coveralls.io/repos/fb55/css-select/badge.svg?branch=master)](https://coveralls.io/r/fb55/css-select) |
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A CSS selector compiler and engine |
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## What? |
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As a **compiler**, css-select turns CSS selectors into functions that tests if |
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elements match them. |
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As an **engine**, css-select looks through a DOM tree, searching for elements. |
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Elements are tested "from the top", similar to how browsers execute CSS |
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selectors. |
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In its default configuration, css-select queries the DOM structure of the |
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[`domhandler`](https://github.com/fb55/domhandler) module (also known as |
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htmlparser2 DOM). To query alternative DOM structures, see [`Options`](#options) |
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below. |
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**Features:** |
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- 🔬 Full implementation of CSS3 selectors, as well as most CSS4 selectors |
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- 🧪 Partial implementation of jQuery/Sizzle extensions (see |
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[cheerio-select](https://github.com/cheeriojs/cheerio-select) for the |
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remaining selectors) |
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- 🧑🔬 High test coverage, including the full test suites from |
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[`Sizzle`](https://github.com/jquery/sizzle), |
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[`Qwery`](https://github.com/ded/qwery) and |
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[`NWMatcher`](https://github.com/dperini/nwmatcher/) and . |
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- 🥼 Reliably great performance |
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## Why? |
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Most CSS engines written in JavaScript execute selectors left-to-right. That |
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means thet execute every component of the selector in order, from left to right. |
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As an example: For the selector `a b`, these engines will first query for `a` |
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elements, then search these for `b` elements. (That's the approach of eg. |
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[`Sizzle`](https://github.com/jquery/sizzle), |
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[`Qwery`](https://github.com/ded/qwery) and |
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[`NWMatcher`](https://github.com/dperini/nwmatcher/).) |
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While this works, it has some downsides: Children of `a`s will be checked |
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multiple times; first, to check if they are also `a`s, then, for every superior |
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`a` once, if they are `b`s. Using |
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[Big O notation](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_O_notation), that would be |
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`O(n^(k+1))`, where `k` is the number of descendant selectors (that's the space |
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in the example above). |
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The far more efficient approach is to first look for `b` elements, then check if |
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they have superior `a` elements: Using big O notation again, that would be |
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`O(n)`. That's called right-to-left execution. |
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And that's what css-select does – and why it's quite performant. |
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## How does it work? |
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By building a stack of functions. |
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_Wait, what?_ |
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Okay, so let's suppose we want to compile the selector `a b`, for right-to-left |
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execution. We start by _parsing_ the selector. This turns the selector into an |
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array of the building blocks. That's what the |
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[`css-what`](https://github.com/fb55/css-what) module is for, if you want to |
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have a look. |
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Anyway, after parsing, we end up with an array like this one: |
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```js |
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[ |
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{ type: "tag", name: "a" }, |
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{ type: "descendant" }, |
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{ type: "tag", name: "b" }, |
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]; |
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``` |
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(Actually, this array is wrapped in another array, but that's another story, |
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involving commas in selectors.) |
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Now that we know the meaning of every part of the selector, we can compile it. |
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That is where things become interesting. |
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The basic idea is to turn every part of the selector into a function, which |
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takes an element as its only argument. The function checks whether a passed |
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element matches its part of the selector: If it does, the element is passed to |
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the next function representing the next part of the selector. That function does |
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the same. If an element is accepted by all parts of the selector, it _matches_ |
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the selector and double rainbow ALL THE WAY. |
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As said before, we want to do right-to-left execution with all the big O |
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improvements. That means elements are passed from the rightmost part of the |
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selector (`b` in our example) to the leftmost (~~which would be `c`~~ of course |
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`a`). |
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For traversals, such as the _descendant_ operating the space between `a` and |
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`b`, we walk up the DOM tree, starting from the element passed as argument. |
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_//TODO: More in-depth description. Implementation details. Build a spaceship._ |
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## API |
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```js |
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const CSSselect = require("css-select"); |
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``` |
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**Note:** css-select throws errors when invalid selectors are passed to it. This |
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is done to aid with writing css selectors, but can be unexpected when processing |
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arbitrary strings. |
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#### `CSSselect.selectAll(query, elems, options)` |
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Queries `elems`, returns an array containing all matches. |
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- `query` can be either a CSS selector or a function. |
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- `elems` can be either an array of elements, or a single element. If it is an |
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element, its children will be queried. |
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- `options` is described below. |
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Aliases: `default` export, `CSSselect.iterate(query, elems)`. |
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#### `CSSselect.compile(query, options)` |
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Compiles the query, returns a function. |
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#### `CSSselect.is(elem, query, options)` |
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Tests whether or not an element is matched by `query`. `query` can be either a |
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CSS selector or a function. |
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#### `CSSselect.selectOne(query, elems, options)` |
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Arguments are the same as for `CSSselect.selectAll(query, elems)`. Only returns |
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the first match, or `null` if there was no match. |
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### Options |
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All options are optional. |
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- `xmlMode`: When enabled, tag names will be case-sensitive. Default: `false`. |
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- `rootFunc`: The last function in the stack, will be called with the last |
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element that's looked at. |
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- `adapter`: The adapter to use when interacting with the backing DOM |
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structure. By default it uses the `domutils` module. |
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- `context`: The context of the current query. Used to limit the scope of |
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searches. Can be matched directly using the `:scope` pseudo-class. |
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- `relativeSelector`: By default, selectors are relative to the `context`, |
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which means that no parent elements of the context will be matched. (Eg. |
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`a b c` with context `b` will never give any results.) If `relativeSelector` |
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is set to `false`, selectors won't be |
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[absolutized](http://www.w3.org/TR/selectors4/#absolutizing) and selectors |
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can test for parent elements outside of the `context`. |
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- `cacheResults`: Allow css-select to cache results for some selectors, |
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sometimes greatly improving querying performance. Disable this if your |
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document can change in between queries with the same compiled selector. |
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Default: `true`. |
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- `pseudos`: A map of pseudo-class names to functions or strings. |
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#### Custom Adapters |
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A custom adapter must match the interface described |
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[here](https://github.com/fb55/css-select/blob/1aa44bdd64aaf2ebdfd7f338e2e76bed36521957/src/types.ts#L6-L96). |
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You may want to have a look at [`domutils`](https://github.com/fb55/domutils) to |
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see the default implementation, or at |
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[`css-select-browser-adapter`](https://github.com/nrkn/css-select-browser-adapter/blob/master/index.js) |
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for an implementation backed by the DOM. |
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## Supported selectors |
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_As defined by CSS 4 and / or jQuery._ |
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- [Selector lists](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/Selector_list) |
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(`,`) |
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- [Universal](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/Universal_selectors) |
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(`*`) |
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- [Type](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/Type_selectors) |
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(`<tagname>`) |
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- [Descendant](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/Descendant_combinator) |
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(` `) |
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- [Child](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/Child_combinator) |
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(`>`) |
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- Parent (`<`) |
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- [Adjacent sibling](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/Adjacent_sibling_combinator) |
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(`+`) |
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- [General sibling](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/General_sibling_combinator) |
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(`~`) |
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- [Attribute](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/Attribute_selectors) |
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(`[attr=foo]`), with supported comparisons: |
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- `[attr]` (existential) |
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- `=` |
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- `~=` |
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- `|=` |
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- `*=` |
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- `^=` |
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- `$=` |
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- `!=` |
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- `i` and `s` can be added after the comparison to make the comparison |
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case-insensitive or case-sensitive (eg. `[attr=foo i]`). If neither is |
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supplied, css-select will follow the HTML spec's |
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[case-sensitivity rules](https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/semantics-other.html#case-sensitivity-of-selectors). |
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- Pseudos: |
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- [`:not`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/:not) |
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- [`:contains`](https://api.jquery.com/contains-selector) |
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- `:icontains` (case-insensitive version of `:contains`) |
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- [`:has`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/:has) |
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- [`:root`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/:root) |
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- [`:empty`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/:empty) |
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- [`:parent`](https://api.jquery.com/parent-selector) |
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- [`:first-child`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/:first-child), |
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[`:last-child`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/:last-child), |
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[`:first-of-type`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/:first-of-type), |
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[`:last-of-type`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/:last-of-type) |
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- [`:only-of-type`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/:only-of-type), |
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[`:only-child`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/:only-child) |
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- [`:nth-child`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/:nth-child), |
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[`:nth-last-child`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/:nth-last-child), |
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[`:nth-of-type`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/:nth-of-type), |
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[`:nth-last-of-type`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/:nth-last-of-type), |
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- [`:link`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/:link), |
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[`:any-link`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/:any-link) |
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- [`:visited`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/:visited), |
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[`:hover`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/:hover), |
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[`:active`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/:active) |
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(these depend on optional `Adapter` methods, so these will only match |
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elements if implemented in `Adapter`) |
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- [`:selected`](https://api.jquery.com/selected-selector), |
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[`:checked`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/:checked) |
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- [`:enabled`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/:enabled), |
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[`:disabled`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/:disabled) |
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- [`:required`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/:required), |
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[`:optional`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/:optional) |
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- [`:header`](https://api.jquery.com/header-selector), |
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[`:button`](https://api.jquery.com/button-selector), |
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[`:input`](https://api.jquery.com/input-selector), |
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[`:text`](https://api.jquery.com/text-selector), |
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[`:checkbox`](https://api.jquery.com/checkbox-selector), |
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[`:file`](https://api.jquery.com/file-selector), |
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[`:password`](https://api.jquery.com/password-selector), |
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[`:reset`](https://api.jquery.com/reset-selector), |
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[`:radio`](https://api.jquery.com/radio-selector) etc. |
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- [`:is`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/:is), plus its |
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legacy alias `:matches` |
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- [`:scope`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/:scope) |
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(uses the context from the passed options) |
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--- |
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License: BSD-2-Clause |
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## Security contact information |
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To report a security vulnerability, please use the |
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[Tidelift security contact](https://tidelift.com/security). Tidelift will |
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coordinate the fix and disclosure. |
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