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selector

A filter for selecting elements within the document.

You can construct a selector in the following ways:

Selectors are used to apply styling rules to elements. You can also use selectors to query the document for certain types of elements.

Furthermore, you can pass a selector to several of Typst's built-in functions to configure their behaviour. One such example is the outline where it can be used to change which elements are listed within the outline.

Multiple selectors can be combined using the methods shown below. However, not all kinds of selectors are supported in all places, at the moment.

Example

#context query(
  heading.where(level: 1)
    .or(heading.where(level: 2))
)

= This will be found
== So will this
=== But this will not.
Preview

Constructor
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Turns a value into a selector. The following values are accepted:

target
str or regex or label or selector or location or function
RequiredPositional
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Can be an element function like a heading or figure, a <label> or a more complex selector like heading.where(level: 1).

Definitions
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or

Selects all elements that match this or any of the other selectors.

others
str or regex or label or selector or location or function
RequiredPositional
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Variadic
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The other selectors to match on.

and

Selects all elements that match this and all of the other selectors.

others
str or regex or label or selector or location or function
RequiredPositional
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Variadic
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The other selectors to match on.

before

Returns a modified selector that will only match elements that occur before the first match of end.

end
label or selector or location or function
RequiredPositional
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The original selection will end at the first match of end.

inclusive

Whether end itself should match or not. This is only relevant if both selectors match the same type of element. Defaults to true.

Default: true

after

Returns a modified selector that will only match elements that occur after the first match of start.

start
label or selector or location or function
RequiredPositional
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The original selection will start at the first match of start.

inclusive

Whether start itself should match or not. This is only relevant if both selectors match the same type of element. Defaults to true.

Default: true