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Expand Up @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ Why to Use CSS selectors?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

When you're parsing an HTML or an XML document, by far the most powerful
method is XPath.
method is `Xpath`_.

XPath expressions are incredibly flexible, so there is almost always an
XPath expression that will find the element you need. Unfortunately, they
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Limitations of the CssSelector Component
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Not all CSS selectors can be converted to XPath equivalents.
Not all CSS selectors can be converted to `Xpath`_ equivalents.

There are several CSS selectors that only make sense in the context of a
web-browser.
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* :doc:`/testing`
* :doc:`/components/dom_crawler`

.. _`Xpath`: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XPath