hide-if-contains

The hide-if-contains snippet hides any HTML element (or its ancestors) that match a CSS selector if the element's text contains a given string.

You can use hide-if-contains to hide elements based on their text content.

Parameters

Name	Description	Mandatory
search	The string to look for in HTML elements. If the string begins and ends with a slash (/), the text in between is treated as a regular expression.	Yes
selector	The CSS selector that an HTML element must match for it to be hidden.	Yes
searchSelector	The CSS selector that an HTML element containing the given string must match. Defaults to the value of the selector argument.	No

Filter examples

The following table lists examples that use the hide-if-contains snippet:

Filter	Result
hide-if-contains FAQ nav	Hides any nav element whose text content contains the word FAQ. The word FAQ doesn't need to be found inside the direct children of the nav element; it can be anywhere in its subtree.
hide-if-contains FAQ nav a	Hides any nav element that has an a element inside its subtree whose text content contains the word FAQ.
hide-if-contains /.*/ li.serp-item 'li.serp-item div.label'	Hides any li.serp-item element that has an 'li.serp-item div.label' element inside its subtree whose text content matches the /.*/ regular expression.