css class selector to select text inside a div

I have a div with a classname "test". The class "test" has a cursor pointer assigns to it. The class also has a fixed width of 200px. Inside the div is text of length that is shorter than the width of the div. I don't want the point to appear when the mouse is placed in the blank part of the div.

Is there a way that I can assign the css pointer to the text inside the div without wrapping the text inside another <span> tag. I just don't want to go back and add the span tag to every single div and rewrite the javascript.

I am thinking of something like this pseudo css code

.test.text {
  curso开发者_开发百科r:pointer;
}

CSS doesn't work this way. As biziclop says in the comments, text nodes can't be selected with CSS. You'll either have to wrap your text in a <span> and use

.test span {
    cursor: pointer;
}

With

<div class="test">
    <span>Text</span>
</div>

Or set .test to display: inline, but that won't let you give it a width, which is not the behaviour you want. <span>s are fine, in this case.

You could try using the :before or :after pseudo-elements.

I was playing with this solution, for 1-line divs:
http://jsfiddle.net/yAfKw/

Multi-line divs:
http://jsfiddle.net/yAfKw/1/

Works in Firefox, does not work in Safari.