BLocking DIVs with changing IDs

[reepicheep]

I want to block a DIV element with a random (and changing) ID-name. Here's an example from Amazon, where the trick is used for their associates scheme.

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<div id="ns_0D3X5X8JQZWQQEFZG9W5_19579_wrap">

The ID changes even on a reload. For example, a page refresh immediately after the above produced this

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<div id="ns_0XBYD98W9BG7DQ8YH36Z_21118_wrap">

I tried an element hiding rule of

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amazon.com#div(id=ns_*) 

but it didn't fire. Also tried the slightly more specific

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amazon.com#div(id=ns_*_wrap) 

but that doesn't fire either.

Suggestions on how to remove DIVs with similar randomly assigned names would be great.

[Dr. Evil]

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amazon.com#div(id^=ns_)(id$=_wrap)

You can't use a asterisk as a wildcard in element hiding rule. But you can match parts of an attribute. There's ^= for the start of the attribute, $= for the end, and *= to match against text anywhere in an attribute.

You can also try the Element Hiding Helper:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/4364

[reepicheep]

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amazon.com#div(id^=ns_)(id$=_wrap)

You can't use a asterisk as a wildcard in element hiding rule. But you can match parts of an attribute. There's ^= for the start of the attribute, $= for the end, and *= to match against text anywhere in an attribute.

Thanks that works beautifully. Made the appropriate changes for the web site concerned.

You can also try the Element Hiding Helper:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/4364

Had tried that but it dumped the original random specific ID name in the rule.

But still thanks again for the help.

[Wisdom Fluxion]

Consider also the extensions which use XPaths to remove content

some examples: rip, aardvark, platypus, greasemonkey, coscripter . there are others.

Obviously not to be used in lieu of AdBlock Plus.