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CSS CSS Foundations Advanced Selectors Substring Matching Attribute Selectors

Péter Gacsályi
Péter Gacsályi
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Posted by Péter Gacsályi
Péter Gacsályi
9,242 Points

Could you please mention 1-2 real life example for using substring matching attribute selectors?

CSS

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kevin revill
kevin revill
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kevin revill
kevin revill
7,533 Points

actually had this in my day job the other day. we use a 3rd party to provide content. they will hold our style sheet. but all the ids on all the elements are randomly generated for each user each beginning with a prefix. Its weird and its out of my control.

However, i can match the div structure and the prefix's they use to target the right elements.

I have seen coders too add class names which increment ie class="post234". Again matching can target these, but before you say it. I agree that adding a secondary class would resolve the issue ;) Just sometimes as in my first example you don't get the control of what's generated but you do have to style it any ways.