# Let’s Use the Nonexistent nth-letter Selector Now

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/let-s-use-the-nonexistent-nth-letter-selector-now/681120>\
**Category:** tech news\
**Created:** [May 4, 2026, 7:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/let-s-use-the-nonexistent-nth-letter-selector-now/681120 "2026-05-04T07:00:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![BobaMilk](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/bobamilk/32/31157_2.png) [@BobaMilk](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/BobaMilk)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2026, 7:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/let-s-use-the-nonexistent-nth-letter-selector-now/681120/1 "2026-05-04T07:00:18Z")

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Let’s Use the Nonexistent ::nth-letter Selector Now.

> **[Let’s Use the Nonexistent ::nth-letter Selector Now | CSS-Tricks](https://css-tricks.com/using-nonexistent-nth-letter-selector-now/)**
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> My shim might give the powers that be another reason to say native support isn't necessary, or if lots of people use my :nth-letter hack in the wild, the browser gods might recognize the need to implement it for real.

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**Author:** ![HariSeldon](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/hariseldon/32/31261_2.png) [@HariSeldon](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/HariSeldon)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2026, 8:42am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/let-s-use-the-nonexistent-nth-letter-selector-now/681120/2 "2026-05-04T08:42:40Z")

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I’m curious about your “if lots of people use my :nth-letter hack… browsers might recognize the need” line — have you seen cases where widespread shims actually increased urgency for native support instead of giving browser teams cover to deprioritize it? honestly not sure on implementation.