How can I use a wildcard in uBlock Origin?

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grgoelyk picture grgoelyk · Jun 21, 2017 · Viewed 11.8k times · Source

How can I use a wildcard in uBlock Origin? I've tried to figure out how to do it, but I'm a little bit confused. I just want to simplify all of these rules into one rule:

www.dailymail.co.uk###js-article-text > div:nth-of-type(2) > div:nth-of-type(2)
www.dailymail.co.uk###js-article-text > div:nth-of-type(2) > div:nth-of-type(3)
www.dailymail.co.uk###js-article-text > div:nth-of-type(2) > div:nth-of-type(4)
www.dailymail.co.uk###js-article-text > div:nth-of-type(2) > div:nth-of-type(5)
www.dailymail.co.uk###js-article-text > div:nth-of-type(2) > div:nth-of-type(6)
www.dailymail.co.uk###js-article-text > div:nth-of-type(2) > div:nth-of-type(7)
www.dailymail.co.uk###js-article-text > div:nth-of-type(2) > div:nth-of-type(9)
www.dailymail.co.uk###js-article-text > div:nth-of-type(2) > div:nth-of-type(10)

Is it possible to give a range of numbers, or a list of specific numbers, or simply an asterisk? Thanks!

Answer

Sindbad103 picture Sindbad103 · Jul 11, 2017

You can use 'odd' and 'even' as placeholders:

www.dailymail.co.uk###js-article-text > div:nth-of-type(even) > div:nth-of-type(even)
www.dailymail.co.uk###js-article-text > div:nth-of-type(even) > div:nth-of-type(odd)

See https://www.w3schools.com/cssref/sel_nth-of-type.asp

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