So I am using TwiGet (a twitter plugin for Wordpress) and it take a given tweet shows "@" then user name its rendering this by @ user tweet contents I can target any with in the and make it bold for example but what if I only want to target an that immediately follows the text "@", is there a way to target an element based on its preceding text?

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Posted April 25, 2014 2:25pm by

how do I target a given pseudo-element

So I am using TwiGet (a twitter plugin for Wordpress) and it take a given tweet shows "@" then user name its rendering this by <p> @ <a>user</a> tweet contents</p> I can target any <a> with in the <p> and make it bold for example but what if I only want to target an <a> that immediately follows the text "@", is there a way to target an element based on its preceding text?

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April 25, 2014 2:48pm

To target an element based on preceeding text you'd have to use JavaScript, unless there are specific attributes that are attached to the element you want to target then you can specify with CSS.

Generally speaking, you cannot target a pseudo-element although there is this StackOverflow discussion. Maybe that will help?

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