It's 2022 and #CSS :only-child isn't aware of text nodes?
I'm trying to select an image that is the only direct descender of an element, with no text node siblings, e.g.:
<div><img /></div>
Not
<div>Hello<img />World</div>
div img:only-child will select this img in both cases, as will div img:first-child and div img:last-child
Am I missing something?
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@m2m I think not. I've also been resisting the compulsion to wrap `code` with backticks! 😅
, May 04 2022 via indieweb.social
@omgmog Because that'd quickly became a pain as HTML often has whitespace (which are also text nodes) between elements:
...
Nobody wants to deal with that.
, May 05 2022 via mstdn.io
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@omgmog I never stumble on a case like this, probably because I have a compulsion not to leave a text node untagged. In your second example I would have had:
HelloWorld
And, off-topic: do we have markdown in Mastodon? I had to refrain from wrapping the above code within ``
Minutes to Midnight, May 04 2022 via indieweb.social