Bug in Element Hiding Helper?

[cmmc]

When you use EHH and edit the filter to change the filter to a parent or other element, EHH appends some elements (as I mentioned here: forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=45102#p151412) - this seemed a benign though odd behaviour.

But under certain conditions, when you try the above, the filter is changed in such a way that it becomes too broad and filters out more than what you intend it to.
See here: http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-06-1 ... on-hillary

Select this element:

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zerohedge.com###ad-sidebarleft-top

Now change the filter to this one:

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zerohedge.com###ad-header

You'll end up with this filter:

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zerohedge.com###ad-header + * + * + * > *

The whole page gets filtered out except for some headers.
Fixing the filter solves the problem, which means the culprit is not the filtered element itself.

For the record, these are the filters I use in that site:

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zerohedge.com##.ad-container
zerohedge.com##.ad-container.ad-box
zerohedge.com##.ad-container.ad-banner-vertical.ad-show-text
zerohedge.com###ad-header
zerohedge.com###ad-mobile-leaderboard

[mapx]

I noted it too, I don't know if it's a bug or intended behaviour.
You should report it on the bug tracker:
https://issues.adblockplus.org

[cmmc]

Done.
https://issues.adblockplus.org/ticket/4168