so I have been trying all this stuff with first-child and everything and none seem to be working. If I have a div set up as such:
<div class="content">
<div class="thing">
abd
</div>
<div class="thing">
</div>
<div class="thing">
123
</div>
<div class="thing">
<li class="list" goal="target">
1
</li>
</div>
<div class="thing">
<li class="list">
2
</li>
</div>
<div class="thing">
<li class="list">
3
</li>
</div>
<div class="thing">
<li class="list">
4
</li>
</div>
</div>
what line of css that will be able to target only the first li element in the .content div (the one with the attribute goal="target")
now this can be fairly messy and there can be anywhere from 0 to 10 divs without a li before the first that contains one.
I have tried nearly anything with first-child, but it always targets every single li because they are in divs.
here is a jsfiddle if you want to try things
In CSS the format is grandparent parent element child... and :nth-child gives you the element the number specified down, so for your case that would be
.content .thing:nth-child(4) li {
/* CSS goes here */
}
In your example .content is the grandparent, .thing (the fourth one) is the parent, and of course the li is the element. Spaces are required for distinguishing in between levels in CSS.
Here is a working jsFiddle
Edit Without it being hard coded it's impossible to select the first li no matter who it's parent is without javascript.
Here is a jQuery fix:
$('.content').find("li").eq(0).css({ /* CSS goes here */});
Here is a straight javascript fix:
var elems = document.getElementsByTagName('li')[0];
elems.style.property="value";
OK first things first, goal is an invalid attribute so you shouldn't be using it. If you need custom attributes you should be using data-attributes
In order to target an element by attribute you should be using an attribute selector in your case the following selector would work.
li[goal="target"]{
/* Your styles go here.*/
}
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how to specify CSS for an element without any grandchild elements? e.g.,
<div class="foo">
<ul></ul>
</div>
<div class="foo">
<ul><li></li></ul>
</div>
// hide the <div> whose child <ul> is empty, how?
div.foo {
display: none;
}
Hey there is :empty selector in css which allows you to do like this.
Javascript method to get what you asked for
But If you want to hide other things you should use javascript
:has is experimental
A simple way of doing this
let text = document.querySelector("div.foo > ul");
if(text.innerHTML == ""){
// set your things
document.querySelector("div.foo").style.display = "none";
// you can delete this thing too but this is just an examplee
}
using :empty selector
If you don't wanna use javascript then this method is also good
Simply use
div > ul:empty{
display:none; // or any styles that you can see
}
For just illustration purpose :
div.foo > ul{
background-color:blue;
height:30px;
}
div.foo > ul:empty{
display:none;
}
<!-- Below is empty ul -->
<div class="foo">
<ul></ul>
</div>
<!-- Below is non empty ul -->
<div class="foo">
<ul>
<li>This is with text</li>
</ul>
</div>
But be carefull
Empty elements are elements that have nothing in them. It cannot even have a whitespace.
There is something called :blank but it is experimental as far as I know.
I try use after selector in my CSS code, but is not well centered.
I use Bootstrap. When I set after selector on li not a, content moves down.
This is my HTML code:
<nav class="navbar">
<div class="row">
<div class="col-md-2">
<img src="/images/logo3.png" class="img-responsive">
</div>
<div class="col-md-5">
<ul class="nav navbar-nav">
<li>Home</li>
<li>Prices</li>
</ul>
</div>
<div class="col-md-5">
<ul class="nav navbar-nav navbar-right">
<li>Projects</li>
<li>Logout</li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
</nav>
And this is CSS code:
.navbar-nav li a::after {
content: "|" black;
}
.navbar-nav li:last-child a::after {
content: " ";
}
Here's working fiddle for you - jsFiddle -
FYI : need to expand the result section enough for your menu items to align on a single row.
PS : And I'm just hoping that you use my suggestion number 2 there ( the best would the third, but it depends on what kind of menu you need ). Using pseudo class to get those separators in your menu isn't a good practice. It could save the amount of HTML codes, but that's more like it when you use additional li between those menu items.
EXPLANATION
Your CSS was almost there, but you made a mistake.
content: "|" black;
You can't use CSS shorthand on the content attribute. And you need to give the ::after pseudo class padding-left to make it center-aligned.
Try above jsFiddle Hope this helps.
This is a comment, but I think it's the right answer so ^^
This seems very overcomplex. You should simply use display:inline on your ul's and then use padding for spacing between the list items. You can then float left and right the two individual lists respectively to get the positioning :).
How can this be achived ? I tried using inline-block , but the siblings move to the new line , i want the divs to move to the sides , any hints ?
http://fiddle.jshell.net/prollygeek/CdE2y/
hover the middle div.
All the divs are inline-block, so to prevent them from going to the next line, try setting the white-space to nowrap for the container:
#container {
...
white-space:nowrap;
}
Here is the working fiddle
What about keeping everything full and centered?
this uses a little trick that comes from the justified list items rule from http://getbootstrap.com/ and using li instead of div
<ul id="container">
<li id="div1">
<p>Col 1</p>
</li>
<li id="div2">
<p>Col 2</p>
</li>
<li id="div3">
<p>COl 3</p>
</li>
</ul>
http://fiddle.jshell.net/CdE2y/5/
Try this: http://jsfiddle.net/prollygeek/CdE2y/
I changed inline-block to table-cell and apply :hover on #container.
I have a list of calendar events. The html looks like this:
<li data-id="1">
<a href="#calendar-item/1">
<div class="calendar" style="">
<div class="calendar-header"></div>
<div class="calendar-month">Dec</div>
<div class="calendar-day">11</div>
</div>
<p>Parents Association Non-Uniform Day</p>
<span class="chevron"></span>
</a>
</li>
I have given the list item padding, but it is ignoring the content of the div tag, see the image:
Here is the jsfiddle.
works in firefox for me but you defenitely need to clear your float. The easiest way to do that is using overflow: hidden on the list item so it takes the space of the floating icon and wraps its padding around that instead of just the text next to it
Try this my be slow your problem
CSS
give flot:left in below class
li p:nth-of-type(1) {float:left;}
And give flot:left in below class
li{float:left;}
I need a CSS selector that can find the 2nd div of 2 that has the same class. I've looked at nth-child() but it's not what I want since I can't see a way to further clarify what class I want. These 2 divs will be siblings in the document if that helps.
My HTML looks something like this:
<div class="foo">...</div>
<div class="bar">...</div>
<div class="baz">...</div>
<div class="bar">...</div>
And I want the 2nd div.bar (or the last div.bar would work too).
Selectors can be combined:
.bar:nth-child(2)
means "thing that has class bar" that is also the 2nd child.
My original answer regarding :nth-of-type is simply wrong. Thanks to Paul for pointing this out.
The word "type" there refers only to the "element type" (like div). It turns out that the selectors div.bar:nth-of-type(2) and div:nth-of-type(2).bar mean the same thing. Both select elements that [a] are the second div of their parent, and [b] have class bar.
So the only pure CSS solution left that I'm aware of, if you want to select all elements of a certain selector except the first, is the general sibling selector:
.bar ~ .bar
http://www.w3schools.com/cssref/sel_gen_sibling.asp
My original (wrong) answer follows:
With the arrival of CSS3, there is another option. It may not have been available when the question was first asked:
.bar:nth-of-type(2)
http://www.w3schools.com/cssref/sel_nth-of-type.asp
This selects the second element that satisfies the .bar selector.
If you want the second and last of a specific kind of element (or all of them except the first), the general sibling selector would also work fine:
.bar ~ .bar
http://www.w3schools.com/cssref/sel_gen_sibling.asp
It's shorter. But of course, we don't like to duplicate code, right? :-)
UPDATE: This answer was originally written in 2008 when nth-of-type support was unreliable at best. Today I'd say you could safely use something like .bar:nth-of-type(2), unless you have to support IE8 and older.
Original answer from 2008 follows (Note that I would not recommend this anymore!):
If you can use Prototype JS you can use this code to set some style values, or add another classname:
// set style:
$$('div.theclassname')[1].setStyle({ backgroundColor: '#900', fontSize: '1.2em' });
// OR add class name:
$$('div.theclassname')[1].addClassName('secondclass'); // pun intentded...
(I didn't test this code, and it doesn't check if there actually is a second div present, but something like this should work.)
But if you're generating the html serverside you might just as well add an extra class on the second item...
HTML
<h1> Target Bar Elements </h1>
<div class="foo">Foo Element</div>
<div class="bar">Bar Element</div>
<div class="baz">Baz Element</div>
<div class="bar">Bar Second Element</div>
<div class="jar">Jar Element</div>
<div class="kar">Kar Element</div>
<div class="bar">Bar Third Element</div>
CSS
.bar {background:red;}
.bar~.bar {background:green;}
.bar~.bar~.bar {background:yellow;}
DEMO
https://jsfiddle.net/ssuryar/6ka13xve/
What exactly is the structure of your HTML?
The previous CSS will work if the HTML is as such:
CSS
.foo:nth-child(2)
HTML
<div>
<div class="foo"></div>
<div class="foo">Find me</div>
...
</div>
But if you have the following HTML it will not work.
<div>
<div class="other"></div>
<div class="foo"></div>
<div class="foo">Find me</div>
...
</div>
Simple put, there is no selector for the getting the index of the matches from the rest of the selector before it.
And for people who are looking for a jQuery compatible answer:
$('.foo:eq(1)').css('color', 'red');
HTML:
<div>
<div class="other"></div>
<div class="foo"></div>
<div class="foo">Find me</div>
...
.parent_class div:first-child + div
I just used the above to find the second div by chaining first-child with the + selector.
Is there a reason that you can't do this via Javascript? My advice would be to target the selectors with a universal rule (.foo) and then parse back over to get the last foo with Javascript and set any additional styling you'll need.
Or as suggested by Stein, just add two classes if you can:
<div class="foo"></div>
<div class="foo last"></div>
.foo {}
.foo.last {}
First you must select the parent element and set :nth-of-type(n) for the parent and then select the element you want. something like this :
#topmenu li:nth-of-type(2) ul.childUl {
This will select the second submenu from topmenu. #topmenu li is the parent element.
HTML:
<ul id="topmenu">
<li>
<ul class="childUl">
<li></li>
<li></li>
<li></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
<ul class="childUl">
<li></li>
<li></li>
<li></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
<ul class="childUl">
<li></li>
<li></li>
<li></li>
</ul>
</li>