Re: Shadow DOM: Hat and Cat -- if that's your real name. from Tab Atkins Jr. on 2014-02-04 (www-style@w3.org from February 2014)

From: Tab Atkins Jr. <jackalmage@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2014 10:48:14 -0800
To: Matthew Robb <matthewwrobb@gmail.com>
Cc: "Edward O'Connor" <eoconnor@apple.com>, www-style list <www-style@w3.org>
Message-ID: <CAAWBYDCKP8SeovSm1LVZ4oC62qE52BRYDzVUR=wGBgM26nLPfg@mail.gmail.com>

On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 10:16 AM, Matthew Robb <matthewwrobb@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm not sure the specific rules governing selectors of this type but what if
> you did `::shadow` and `::^shadow` or some other character after the pseudo
> accessors

Unfortunately, characters like that don't fit into the naming pattern
of pseudo-elements, which is two colons followed by an ident.

~TJ

Received on Tuesday, 4 February 2014 18:49:00 UTC