element with different cases and numbers

General · Post by **General** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 2:41 am

Is it possible to block elements which match
id=ad12345
id=Ad12345
class=AD12345

The case of ad is random.
Number is always after ad.
It may use id or class.
The number is random. The length of number is random.

I want to write a generic filter which can block all instances. It would be something like id|class=(ad|Ad|AD) + any number

Please advise.

Wladimir Palant · Post by **Wladimir Palant** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 12:13 pm

If I understood correctly:

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##[id$="12345"],[class$="12345"]

Post by **Hubird** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 12:16 pm

The number is random. The length of number is random

If I understand correctly:

##[id$="12345"],[class$="12345"]

The above code will not work with random values.

General · Post by **General** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 12:52 pm

##[id$="12345"],[class$="12345"]

No. The number can be anything. It can be 367, 52345, 3692, 58620, 58602 etc.

This filter is going to be overkilling:

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##[id^="ad"],[class^="ad"]

I would like to restrict it so it matches when the rest of the string consists of numbers only:

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##[id^="ad{any number}"],[class^="ad{any number}"]

What snytax should I use to tell Adblock Plus to match numbers only?

Also how can I make a case insensitive match (matching ad, Ad, AD, aD)?

Wladimir Palant · Post by **Wladimir Palant** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 12:57 pm

There is only so much that CSS can do: http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-selectors/ (attribute selectors are what's relevant here). In other words: no, this isn't possible.

General · Post by **General** » Wed Jun 10, 2009 6:43 pm

Wladimir Palant wrote:There is only so much that CSS can do: http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-selectors/ (attribute selectors are what's relevant here). In other words: no, this isn't possible.

Case insensitive, no?