Re: [csswg-drafts] [css-page] Spec seems confused about descriptors and properties (#5969)

> > If I set out to distinguish a property/descriptor based on whether it applies to an element or an at-rule, I'm in trouble.
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> What exactly is your issue here?

Would you consider the declarations of a keyframe rule to apply on an element or to the parent `@keyframes`? If I'm not mistaken, they are property declarations applying to an element but I can only say so because *descriptor declarations are always part of an at-rule*.

Thanks for the reply. My aim was to show that it is not easy to grasp the nuances between a descriptor and a property. After posting my previous comment, I became aware of the issue about the current coupling between properties, `CSSStyleDeclaration`, and at-rules, and the intent to create new interfaces to fix this problem. But it seems that `CSSPageRule.style.setProperty(...)` would still have to be supported for back-compat.

As for `@nest` and CSS Syntax 9.2, it may be better to discuss how to make it easier for spec readers to grasp the difference between a descriptor and a property, in a separate issue, sorry for the noise on this one.

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