get-pseudo-content

Returns a string as rendered from the content attribute of a pseudo element.

Installation

npm install --save-dev get-pseudo-content

Example

import getPseudoContent from "get-pseudo-content";

getPseudoContent(document.body, "::before");

Supports

• string
• attr()

Differences in raw output between browser

| | Blink | Webkit | Gecko | Trident --- | --- | --- | --- | --- encloses single strings | yes | no | yes | yes combines multiple strings | yes | yes | no | no returns line breaks as \a | yes | yes | yes | no returns line breaks as new lineseven when rendered on a single line | no | no | no | yes renders attr() as actual string | yes | yes | no | no escapes " | yes | yes | yes | no

🐛 Edge: Failing to escape "

When a double quote is preceded with a space, this library is unable return the correct value. Related bug report: https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/platform/issues/20351981/