160 2003-02-27 22:14:28 +0000 Pseudo-elements allowed inside selector sequence 2013-04-16 03:16:32 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified CSSValidator CSS 2.0 CSS Validator Other other REOPENED http://www.bjoernsworld.de/test/css/pseudo-elements.html P2 normal --- 1 bjoern plh jukka.k.korpela www-validator-cvs oldest_to_newest 378 0 bjoern 2003-02-27 22:14:28 +0000 The rule a.foo:before:hover { color: red } is invalid, while the validator marks it as beeing valid and incorrectly pretty prints it as a.foo:hover:before { color : red; }. 5754 1 bjoern 2005-09-07 01:53:48 +0000 Another test case is P:first-letter P.c { color: red; } which is also not allowed. 5886 2 ylafon 2005-09-08 12:55:07 +0000 See on http://qa-dev.w3.org:8001/ 86266 3 jukka.k.korpela 2013-04-16 03:16:32 +0000 The rule a.foo:before:hover { color: red } passes validation, both using CSS 2.1 profile and using CSS 3 profile. So if the bug was fixed, it has now reappeared. I noticed this when checking why p:first-line:before passes, despite being invalid. It does not pass if the two-colon syntax for pseudo-elements is used, i.e. p::first-line::before.