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    The :empty Pseudo Selector Gotchas
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The :empty Pseudo Selector Gotchas

Chris Biscardi
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The :empty pseudo selector selects empty elements. We can use this to display useful messages instead of the empty content or hide the content completely. However, the :empty pseudo selector comes with a couple of potentially confusing behaviors when it comes to which elements it considers empty.

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