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OpenUI-WHATWG/HTML-CSSWG Meeting Minutes 2024-08-08

By Dael Jackson August 10, 2024 (Permalink)
Categories: resolutions

Resolved: Pseudo-element selectors apply only to the UA-provided elements in a particular role (Issue #10462: Pseudo-elements for stylable select)

The group discussed the proposal to have incremental opt in for elements with pickers using ::picker pseudo (Issue #10440: Styling form control pickers).
Several folks spoke about author needs in this space. Having to set several properties increases the burden on authors, especially at smaller firms with limited resources. However, there has not been specific research on this topic so there could be room to learn more about author needs and wants.
Additional to the author needs, there was also concern expressed that if the first opt-in releases aren’t scoped to specific element types, authors would use a broad opt-in and it would lead to compat problems when functionality expands.
There was broad agreement that appearance:base is the north star that the group should be working toward, though some disagreement on how long/hard that will be to achieve.
As the call concluded, there was a proposal to ship appearance:base-select just for selects as an increment and then ship appearance:base for everything. There was support expressed, but the call ran out of time for further discussion.

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