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Expand Up @@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ Consider a page with two buttons, first invisible and second visible.

### CSS: elements that contain other elements

The `:has()` pseudo-class is an [experimental CSS pseudo-class](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/:has). It returns an element if any of the selectors passed as parameters
The `:has()` pseudo-class is a [CSS pseudo-class](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/:has). It returns an element if any of the selectors passed as parameters
relative to the `:scope` of the given element match at least one element.

Following snippet returns text content of an `<article>` element that has a `<div class=promo>` inside.
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ page.locator('button:has-text("Log in"), button:has-text("Sign in")').click()
await page.Locator("button:has-text(\"Log in\"), button:has-text(\"Sign in\")").ClickAsync();
```

The `:is()` pseudo-class is an [experimental CSS pseudo-class](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/:is) that
The `:is()` pseudo-class is a [CSS pseudo-class](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/:is) that
may be useful for specifying a list of extra conditions on an element.


Expand Down Expand Up @@ -325,9 +325,19 @@ It is usually possible to distinguish elements by some attribute or text content
Sometimes page contains a number of similar elements, and it is hard to select a particular one. For example:

```html
<section> <button>Buy</button> </section>
<article><div> <button>Buy</button> </div></article>
<div><div> <button>Buy</button> </div></div>
<section>
<button>Buy</button>
</section>
<article>
<div>
<button>Buy</button>
</div>
</article>
<div>
<div>
<button>Buy</button>
</div>
</div>
```

In this case, `:nth-match(:text("Buy"), 3)` will select the third button from the snippet above. Note that index is one-based.
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