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CSS CSS Selectors Going Further with Attribute Selectors and Pseudo-Classes Structural and Element States Pseudo-Classes Review

Iryna Bovkun
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When might be a good time to take advantage of substring matching attribute selectors or structural pseudo-classes?

When might be a good time to take advantage of substring matching attribute selectors or structural pseudo-classes?

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Mariia Ashurova
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Mariia Ashurova
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when using a content management system or framework that gives us little–to no–access to the HTML

Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
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Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
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In some situations, you won't be able to modify or edit the html, and when that happens, these types of selectors can be helpful to target the elements you want.