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I want to replace "from tumblr" with just "tumblr", using CSS, if possible. I'm afraid to edit it with Notepad++ because last time I broke something and now I have a trauma.

HTML class is:

<option value="has(span[title^=xtumblr_'])">from tumblr</option>

It's from a selectable field.

How would I achieve that?

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you have static content? then yeah, replace it permanently, don't let the client browser do something you can do yourself. perhaps search for >from tumblr</option> to replace to >tumblr</option> – ericosg Apr 23 at 16:11
Why? Why why why why why would you do that. Why. – Mathletics Apr 23 at 16:11

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Unfortunately no, CSS has no power to distinguish individual words (though there are pseudo-elements ::first-letter and ::first-line), and it's difficult to reliably style the select, and child option, elements with CSS.

With JavaScript this is possible, but editing (and this time carefully) in any text-editor, and certainly with Notepad++, is just as (if not far more) reliable.

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Thanks. The problem is I know how to replace it with NotePad++. But the script gets updated regularly. Last time I fixed a script to fit my own personal preferences it was updated the other day and I couldn't run it. I can't to this day, even if I delete and redownload it from Chrome. – Swift Try Apr 23 at 16:17
What 'script'? The HTML file, or a JavaScript file? If you're regularly making changes then the solution is to use a dynamic server-side solution to automate the changes (where, and if, possible) rather than hard-coding the changes every time. Either way: it remains impossible with CSS (and frankly changing the CSS every time you want to add, change or remove your option values is unmaintainable anyway. – David Thomas Apr 23 at 16:21

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