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Asked: May 29, 20262026-05-29T19:48:43+00:00 2026-05-29T19:48:43+00:00

If I have a css file that does something like this #foo:after{content:bar;} , is

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If I have a css file that does something like this #foo:after{content:"bar;} , is there any way to get the contents of the :after with javascript? Getting the contents of the parent element just returns the content of the #foo element, not the :after bit.

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    2026-05-29T19:48:46+00:00Added an answer on May 29, 2026 at 7:48 pm

    Pseudo elements can’t be grabbed nor manipulated in JS because they don’t actually exist in the DOM.

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