Blocking elements with spaces in their class names

acorns · Post by **acorns** » Wed Jun 18, 2008 1:13 am

I'm trying to block <div class="overture north"> but whenever I save the rule, adblock deletes the space so the rule doesn't work. Is there some symbol I have to put instead of a space, or is it just a bug with adblock?

Ares2 · Post by **Ares2** » Wed Jun 18, 2008 1:26 am

The rule has to look like this:

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domain.com#DIV(class=overture north)

acorns · Post by **acorns** » Wed Jun 18, 2008 1:40 am

hmm, how come you have to put class= if there is a space, but if there isn't a space putting class= stops the rule from working?

Edit:

oh, one div has id= rather than class=, that explains it.

Ares2 · Post by **Ares2** » Wed Jun 18, 2008 1:51 am

So it works now?

FYI: You can create hiding rules easily with the Element Hiding Helper add-on: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/4364

acorns · Post by **acorns** » Wed Jun 18, 2008 1:58 am

yeah, works perfectly, thank you so much. Unfortunately that addon doesn't work with firefox 3, says it's not compatible :'(

Ares2 · Post by **Ares2** » Wed Jun 18, 2008 2:05 am

acorns wrote:yeah, works perfectly, thank you so much.

No problem.

acorns wrote:Unfortunately that addon doesn't work with firefox 3, says it's not compatible :'(

1. Check if you have Javascript enabled (in Noscript: allow addons.mozilla.org )

2. A solution that worked for me was to force an update in add-ons manager ("Tools" -> "Add-ons" -> "Extensions" -> "Update"), then restart Firefox.