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locateContextual
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Determines the location of an element in the document.

Takes a selector that must match exactly one element and returns that element's location. This location can, in particular, be used to retrieve the physical page number and position (page, x, y) for that element.

Examples

Locating a specific element:

#context [
  Introduction is at: \
  #locate(<intro>).position()
]

= Introduction <intro>
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Parameters
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selector
label or selector or location or function
RequiredPositional
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A selector that should match exactly one element. This element will be located.

Especially useful in combination with