15224 2011-12-16 02:54:17 +0000 A class name can not be appended to a pseudo-element: p:first-line.some_class_name should be parsed (and reported) as INVALID CSS code 2012-09-21 14:42:47 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified CSSValidator CSS 2.1 CSS Validator All All RESOLVED DUPLICATE 9107 http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/validator?uri=http%3A%2F%2Ftest.csswg.org%2Fsuites%2Fcss2.1%2F20110323%2Fhtml4%2Fc25-pseudo-elmnt-000.htm&profile=css21&usermedium=all&warning=2&vextwarning=&lang=en P2 normal --- 1 info dave.null caribou www-validator-cvs oldest_to_newest 61642 0 info 2011-12-16 02:54:17 +0000 URL of test ----------- http://test.csswg.org/suites/css2.1/20110323/html4/c25-pseudo-elmnt-000.htm Relevant chunk of CSS code -------------------------- p:first-line.some_class_name { ... set of css declarations ...} should be parsed as INVALID selector by the CSS validator because CSS 2.1 section 5.10 -------------------- CSS 2.1 states "pseudo-elements may only be appended after the last simple selector of the selector" section 5.10 Pseudo-elements and pseudo-classes http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/selector.html#pseudo-elements Additional info --------------- Firefox 8.0 Error console reports this as a parsing error: " Warning : A token was found following a pseudo-element, which must be the last part of a selector : « . ». Set of rules ignored due to a bad selector. File Source : http://test.csswg.org/suites/css2.1/20110323/html4/c25-pseudo-elmnt-000.htm Line : 12 " Opera 11.60 Error console reports this as a parsing error: " Inlined stylesheet A pseudo element must be the last part of the selector. Line 14: p:first-line.two { color: yellow; background: red; } " Even CSS 1 states " When combined with classes or pseudo-classes, pseudo-elements must be specified at the end of the selector. " CSS 1, section 2.5 Pseudo-elements in selectors http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS1/#pseudo-elements-in-selectors URL of CSS validation report ---------------------------- http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/validator?uri=http%3A%2F%2Ftest.csswg.org%2Fsuites%2Fcss2.1%2F20110323%2Fhtml4%2Fc25-pseudo-elmnt-000.htm&profile=css21&usermedium=all&warning=2&vextwarning=&lang=en Expected result --------------- p:first-line.two should be reported as INVALID CSS code and rejected CSS code. Actual result ------------- p:first-line.two { ... } is reported as Valid CSS information regards, Gérard Talbot 74222 1 caribou 2012-09-21 14:42:47 +0000 this is indeed a bug, as already reported. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 9107 ***