CSS selector equivalent to this nested or embedded XPath?

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There is a type of XPath like this

//div[span[a[@title='foo']]]

where it matches & returns the div (not the hyperlink) that contains a span, which in turn contains a hyperlink with title "foo".

is there a CSS selector format equivalent to this?

I gave it a short trying to convert to CSS, and if there is an equivalent, I don't know how to map it correctly.

Thanks, good to know. I thought so, just wanted confirmation. — David
– David, Commented Apr 9, 2014 at 19:03

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 11:49:53Z

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No, there isn't. Selectors don't have the kind of predicate that XPath does, and there isn't a way to ascend an element's hierarchy from the deepest element (in this case your a[@title='foo']), i.e. there is no parent selector.

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David Over a year ago

Thanks, good to know. I thought so, just wanted confirmation.

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