css3 - CSS: how to select parent's sibling

Thursday 31 May 2018

I have the following HTML in my page.


    
        
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    content ...

    content ...

    content ...

    content ...

    content ...

I am unable to change this HTML. I have hidden all LI's with the exception of the first by using the following CSS

ul#detailsList li:nth-child(1n+2) {
    display:none;
}

So far so good. What I want to do now is to show those hidden LI's when the the checkbox is ticked, using pure CSS. My best attempt so far is

ul#detailsList li input#showCheckbox:checked + li {
    display:block;
}

Obviously this doesn't work, as the + li will only select LI's immediately after the checkbox (i.e. siblings), not siblings of the parent.

Is this even possible?

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