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<refname>QueryPath CSS Reference</refname>

<refpurpose>Making the most of QueryPath CSS support</refpurpose>

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<author>

Matt Butcher

<authorblurb>

{@link http://querypath.org Project Founder}

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</author>

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<refsect1 id="{@id intro}">

<title>About the QueryPath CSS Reference</title>

<para>

This document is a reference for the CSS Level 3 Selectors support as implemented

in QueryPath "quark" (2.0) and beyond.

</para>

<para>

For detailed API documentation, see {@link http://api.querypath.org}.

</para>

</refsect1>

<refsect1 id="{@id selectors}">

<title>Selectors</title>

<para>

Selectors are composed of simple selectors combined with combinators. Simple

selectors may be composed of any combination of the following:

<itemizedlist>

<listitem>Element ID (<code>#elementID</code>)</listitem>

<listitem>Element name (<code>tagname</code>)</listitem>

<listitem>Class (.classname)</listitem>

<listitem>Attribute ([name="val"])</listitem>

<listitem>Pseudo-class (:class(value))</listitem>

<listitem>Pseudo-element (::element)</listitem>

<listitem>Any element (*)</listitem>

</itemizedlist>

</para>

<para>For a list of pseudo-classes, see {@tutorial QueryPath/csspseudo}.</para>

</refsect1>

<refsect1 id="{@id combinators}">

<title>Combinators</title>

<para>

Combinators join two simple selectors. The following combinators are supported

by QueryPath (this list includes ALL combinators defined in the CSS 3 Selectors

specification.):

<itemizedlist>

<listitem>Any descendant (' ' - a blank space between two selectors)</listitem>

<listitem>Direct descendant (&gt;)</listitem>

<listitem>Adjacent (+)</listitem>

<listitem>Another (,)</listitem>

<listitem>Sibling (~)</listitem>

</itemizedlist>

</para>

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