[csswg-drafts] [css-selectors] Support `.` (dot) notation for non-XHTML namespaces

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== [css-selectors] Support `.` (dot) notation for non-XHTML namespaces
 ==
Regarding https://drafts.csswg.org/selectors-4/#class-html

Browsers currently render CSS stylesheets using the `.classname` (*dot
 notation*) differently from the `[class~="classname"]` notation 
depending on the node's namespace.

For instance, Firefox treats both cases the same for non-XHTML XML 
nodes while Chrome only applies the `[class~=...]` form in 
http://ffctn.com/doc/chrome-test-style.xml

The issue has been around for a while (see [Bugzilla 
#7758](https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7588) and 
[Chromium 
#69444](https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=649444#c6)),
 and boils down to this:

- The [spec is 
clear](https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7588#c2) in saying
 that dot-notation is meant for (X)HTML nodes
- However, the common practice is that developers prefer/use the 
dot-notation
- Developers willing to use CSS stylesheets for non-XHTML namespace 
XML currently can't reliably use the dot-notation because of the 
different interpretations by browsers
- As a result, one option to so would be to write the CSS in 
dot-notation and then transpile it to `[class=~...]` notation, which 
would lead to having either two stylesheets (one per notation) or a 
default stylesheet in `[class=~...]` notation instead of the 
dot-notation.

Given that the dot notation is an alternative syntax to the 
`[class=~...]` (at least according to [this 
comment](https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7588#c2)), it 
would be good if it had the same treatment across all browsers.

Ultimately, I feel XML does not deserve to be treated as a 
second-class citizen of the web, and would benefit get the same level 
of tooling support as HTML. Maybe the spec can help by clarifying that
 if an XML node has a `class` attribute, then any corresponding 
dot-notation CSS selector should match?





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Received on Monday, 26 September 2016 18:59:25 UTC